Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Dysfunction
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This Australian film could be described by the story's "Rocky"-like outlines, but there is a gripping, downbeat family drama at the movie's core.
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The tide is high but I'm holding on.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.
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Individual investors are struggling to find a balanced approach at an unreliable time for the market.
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Strange how captains of industry tend to concentrate on their personal lives when the company is sinking.
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For a town still fighting an impression of hopelessness, the arrival of a big-time network television show has been both welcome and somewhat anxiety inducing.
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The governmentâs inability to manage a reverse exodus has left the most vulnerable in an uneasy limbo.
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A year after they returned home, members of a badly battered Marine Corps unit are still finding it hard to adjust to their civilian lives.
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By PETER GUINTA  When wild ocean waves are daily undermining the house foundation and washing away patio furniture, it may be difficult for that homeowner to remain patient.
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Tourists struggle with the wisdom and ethics of vacationing in disaster-hit regions.
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The list of Academy Award nominations reflects Hollywoodâs bleak state of mind.
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Sometimes it's tough for patients to tell the whole story.
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Seeking opportunity in a market clouded by fear.
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Hollywood is in a bleak mood this year, and the Oscar nominees announced Tuesday reflected that state of mind.
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Okay, if the mind is powerful, how is your mind making you feel today? It's worth thinking about -- with the stock market down this year, every day worse than the last, many of us are losing lots of money, I know I am, and it's not a good feeling.  I keep arguing with myself, even though I'm losing money at a huge rate, I'm still in good shape financially, I have a nice house, I can pay the bills. But it doesn't help. Inside I feel unsettled, poor, I'm having trouble concentrating. Does it help that I've been through this before? The crash of 1987 was much worse than this downturn, and then I had no cushion, nothing to fall back on, I wasn't even employed when it happened. I was a lot closer to being broke around the turn of the century, even though the market was doing very well. But it doesn't help. No matter how many times I've been through it, I've always known that it's cyclic, that the outlook will likely improve, but knowing isn't the same as feeling. The feeling is much stronger, it can't be counteracted with logic. I can't reason with the feeling, you might say it's un-reasonable. Then I heard that a friend of mine, much younger, with a lot less at stake in the market, is having trouble sleeping because of this feeling. I realize I'm not alone, probably millions of people have a heightened sense of insecurity right now. Does that make it better? Not really... Anyway, I thought, let's post something and find out how others feel about the economy and how much of an impact is it having on our state of mind.
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In a new wave of the global outsourcing of services, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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It's taking on water, and debt.