Elections aren't decided based on candidates' achievements or promises, but on where they fall in a country's economic cycle. Find your polling place. Across the nation this week, local TV stations mined profit in attack ads--only viewers, local businesses lost out. Helpful: What the
Midterms view from China: Americans live in fear, unwilling to sacrifice to sate their greed. Op: American exceptionalism is a lie; if you want "change," move to Britain. Phrase of the week: Berlusconi's playful "bunga-bunga" parties with under-age girls threaten his career.
A year after Copenhagen, the U.S. has little to show for climate change legislation, nor much to promise. Test audience members collapse during Danny Boyle's movie about hiker Aron Ralston, who amputated his own forearm--also, nice headline. How MMPOG developers have used gameplay tendencies to profile
Government spent $80 billion on intelligence activities over past 12 months. Op: West Point should be raised to ROTC training standards. Transsexual wins Scrabble tournament with "obeisant" (a gesture expressing deferential respect). Korean men over 75 more likely to be working than Frenchmen in their early 60s. Japan&
Mexico's Vicente Fox fully endorses legalizing marijuana in California. California's Humboldt County success selling weed helped it avoid the real-estate crash--can it survive the marijuana boom? In Uzbekistan, state requires children to pick cotton for little pay. Activist Betancourt discusses how she used the
MI6 chief says torture's forbidden, though "dilemmas" pop up when partners offer info gained from pain. British Airways chief says U.S. airport security has "completely redundant" elements. United States mapped according to movies. List of political parties inspired by things upon which people
Unlike two years ago, there's one thing candidates aren't talking about this election season: climate change. From Gone With the Wind to Hot Tub Time Machine: Creditors to decide MGM's fate on Friday. New Zealand introduces new legislation just so The Hobbit can still
Kandahar diary: Before we know what these advances mean, brigades cautioned to "under-promise and over-deliver." Lacking data about almost every activity, Egypt possesses a "horrifying" scale of deficiencies. Reading Times tea leaves--Japan is falling, China is rising--with the skinny-jeans coeffecient. New
This election, Democratic candidates have outraised and outspent their Republican opponents--excepting Whitman's $141 million. A history of candidates with odd names: Young Boozer, Isaac Hayes, Barack Obama. Abroad, journalists are fascinated and bemused by the Tea Party, confirming all their suspicions about Americans. "We are a
House and Senate candidates on their way to surpassing $2 billion in spending for the first time. U.S. now ranks between Qatar and Uruguay on Corruption Perception index, based on lessening political transparency. Rhode Island Democratic nominee for governor defends telling Obama to "really shove" the endorsement
