Why should the government continue to come to the aid of failing businesses? That is what they did last week in saving the Northern Rock bank from going bankrupt. When the bank’s share price, which had been on a downturn for several months, suddenly nosedived, the senior executives went immediately went cap in hand to…

A few months ago, A young British girl, Madeleine McCann, disappeared while on a family holiday. Since then, there has been almost blanket wall-to-wall coverage over the incident. The girl’s family has understandibly seen their world turned upside down. What’s making an already unbearable situation worse was the fact that the British press got involved,…