Where the ripple began: More than half of last year's U.S. home foreclosures occurred in just 35 counties. The market goes unbelievably bearish, as blue-chip companies, once considered safe investments, sidle up to the penny stocks. Large corporations find scattered layoffs allow fat-trimming to occur
L.A. mayoral election gets dismal turnout, fails to make front page of the L.A. Times. Instapaper for the commute: It remains unknown whether time will stay steady or melt away. Alan Moore talks about his bad influence on comics and movies. The other tragedy to befall the cricket
The Obama administration on Wednesday began the most ambitious effort since the 1930s to help troubled homeowners. We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship. Reactions to the rewriting of the Constitution. Op: Obama&
Plouffe: Republicans oppose what most Americans see as reducing middle-class taxes and creating jobs. Talented foreign students going elsewhere to do research, citing frustrations with U.S. visas. International court charges Sudanese president with war crimes, but can't arrest him unless he leaves Sudan. While Merrill staggered,
It's the Great Recession, and jobs are quickly drying up: Here's who's being affected, and where. Fearless investors and those looking to make a killing, take note: How to profit in a recession. Though many next of kin don't have to assume
Business is booming for people who can give good voice to debt-collection. Cohen: It's worth recalling that hateful, ultranationalist rhetoric is no Iranian preserve. "How Jew-Friendly Persia Became Anti-Semitic Iran." Tutu: African leaders opposing the arrest of Sudan's al-Bashir forget
Yesterday U.S. stocks hit their lowest level since 1997--yet the dollar is gaining, as economic prospects abroad look comparatively worse. We will no longer be serving complimentary cold cuts and soda on Cold Cuts and Soda Day. Stairs will go up, but not down. Iraqis with new security
Europe, Russia, and Ukrainians prepare for Ukraine to fail. Economic crisis forces the European Union to question solidarity--will combined political destiny prevail? Clinton to offer $300 million to Palestinians: one-third to Gaza, two-thirds to Abu Mazen. The week in news, via Rich: Obama soared, but Geithner is
David Simon, creator of The Wire, fears that eviscerated Baltimore newspaper staff leaves no one to press the police. In London, British activists, politicians, and subjects convene to fight for civil liberties lost over the past decade. Intriguing profile of David Foster Wallace's writing process, tattooed footnotes, ending;
The best weekend headline we can imagine giving you: new Maria Kalman column about Lincoln. Op: If governments have freedom of speech, we give them the authority to suppress our speech rights. Book list for those who love a "mono-history": history of a single invention, food, or
