Maybe that's why its hard to let go.

CNN: Letting go of Simpson case

Adding insult to injury, SLM (nyse: SLM - news - people ), as the lender is officially known, said Tuesday its latest quarterly earnings fell below expectations, although it didn't say why and its opaque accounting makes this hard to figure out.

FORBES: Sallie Mae's Story Gets Worse

Identity theft has led the consumer concerns in FTC complaints for that entire period, and its not hard to see why.

FORBES: Yet Again Consumers Rank Identity Theft As Top Concern

That is why the Obama team is working hard on its ground game.

ECONOMIST: Economics takes on demography in the mountain West

Then why is it so hard for the United States to admit its shortcomings and do the same?

CNN: We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're ... uh ... not?

It is hard to see why tiny East Timor, with its separate history, should provoke fears of the break-up of Indonesia.

ECONOMIST: A survey of Indonesia

Tarnovo is one of Bulgaria's most-visited destinations, and with its classic architecture, churches and castle it is not hard to see why.

BBC: Bulgarian road trip: Sofia to the City of the Tsars

That is why its responses are often bemoaned as inadequate by the world, but hailed by insiders as hard-fought achievements.

BBC: UN Security Council struggles over action in Libya

It's not hard to imagine why people would want a motherboard as small as VIA's PX10000: its low power requirements (the guys at Mini-ITX.com couldn't get it to draw more than 16 Watts under full load) and miniscule size (less than 4 inches long) make it perfect for really small enclosures.

ENGADGET: VIA EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX motherboard gets reviewed