Ah...

David Laws. I can't help but think he used his homosexuality as a diversionary tactic. After all, he broke the rules - you are not supposed to pay your partner rent.

Companies. Several months ago, many though Toyota was doomed. While several years of lawsuits remain, Toyota will survive. Not surprising, given that car makers regularly suffer from botched recalls - aside from the Koreans and Chinese, no other car maker was crowing over Toyota's troubles. But just look at BP. What a colossal screw-up. Luton, Texas and now the Gulf of Mexico. But are enough eyeballs on the US government and Eisenhower's old warning of 'the military-industrial complex'?

Reading: Stendhal's 'Cures for Love' - excerpts from 1822's 'De L'Amour'