It’s hard work to screw up that badly

Published 10:41 pm Wednesday, February 4, 2009

President Barack Obama says corporate honchos whose firms take government bailout money can’t pay themselves more than $500,000 a year.

Experts on corporate compensation say the pay limit might make it difficult to recruit and retain executives of the same caliber as the ones who have run American capitalism into the ground.

When an ice storm knocked out power in Kentucky, self-sufficient Amish lent a hand with spare kerosene lanterns.

Just think of the demand for their horse-drawn buggies when peak oil hits.

Think your spouse might be cheating on you? Want to learn the truth? It’s Google to the rescue with another in its seemingly endless series of high-tech doodads.

The thank-god-they-use-their-power-for-good (we think) software giant now offers software that lets you track someone’s whereabouts via a mobile phone.

Fair enough, but The Buzz would prefer the personal touch — a thrice-divorced, chain-smoking private detective who drives an ‘87 Crown Victoria.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff