Daily Skiff

by Ana Bak

Brazil is localizing condom production to reduce import costs. According to an article from the BBC Web site, Brazil is making condoms from rubber trees in the Amazon rainforest. Health officials said this will aid in preserving the largest rainforest in the world. (0) comments

by Elizabeth Davidson

Austin is taking care of its homeless, or at least trying to. Alan Graham, founder and president of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, wants to create an RV park to house 150 to 175 people who are chronically homeless, or people who have been homeless for more than a year. (1) comment

by Louis A. McBee

I am the treasurer of Fort Worth Citizens for Responsible Government and editor of our electronic newsletter. I would like to thank Katie for the article and the Daily Skiff for printing subject matter that is deadly accurate concerning what we citizens must deal with on a daily basis when we try to protect our families and property from an uncaring Fort Worth management staff, some council members, the mayor and their connections to the natural gas exploration/production industry. (0) comments

by David Hall

Buried in a casket bearing the logo of the New York Yankees? No, it's not the fate of Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig. It could be your Uncle Sal if he's willing to pony up the dough. According to a Dec. 15 article in The New York Times by Francis X. Clines, the Branch Funeral Home in Smithtown, N. (0) comments

by Ashley Tambunga

As a retail worker at an area mall, I had an up-close and personal view of Black Friday last year and am still wondering: what in the world happened to good will toward men, 'tis the season to be jolly and all that other stuff the holidays are supposed to be about? Was Wal-Mart's Black Friday sale really worth trampling a New York man to death? Were people so consumed with greed that they didn't notice the pregnant woman, who later had a miscarriage, on the floor? It doesn't make sense to me. (0) comments

The information about the investigations by the attorneys general of New Jersey and Connecticut in an April 4 editorial was corrected at 10:35 p.m. April 10. The editorial incorrectly characterized the nature of investigations into JuicyCampus.com by the attorneys general of New Jersey and Connecticut. (0) comments