Dienstag, 11. Juli 2006

The New York Times reports that "At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust". I noted a similar thing here at the graduation of the Kantonsschule, Wettingen on July 1: girls outnumber boys by a pretty wide margin. Now we know why our forefathers did not let women into universities and kept them away from education: we men did not have a chance against them. At one point that was forgotten and in our naivity and sense of fairness let them in. Too late now :-) 6:23:49 PM    comment []

The dreams of 31 teams have turned to dust at the World Cup. Italy won. And yet, who can blame them for dreaming. The Swiss team, for instance, were in great spirits when they set out. A restaurant in town proudly proclaimed on a banner that we would be the champions. Though they got through the first round without getting a goal - a world record,by the way - they failed miserably in the next during the penalty period. That was a weakness that they have to work on. UBS predicted the winner way back in April. Their Economic Research team used the same programs that they employ for their bread and butter jobs. And they were right! 1-0 for them. 6:04:43 PM    comment []