I.M.F. report confirms global recession is on the way, worst since Great Depression. Iceland suspends trading of kroner, at risk of "national bankruptcy"--for once, worse off than we are. Children's books about financial ruin; brokers with hands on their faces. Tens of thousands
The state of the war in Iraq: drawing to a close, but no end in sight. And at the rate that the financial system is collapsing, even three months is an eternity. In the interregnum between election, inauguration, Bush could end on a high note. Will: The surge won the
How the "biological diversity crisis" is binding together biologists, anthropologists, scientists, and storytellers. "New coal plants are 'clean' in the same way that it's 'healthy' to switch from Marlboro Reds to Camel Lights." Why you're likely offending an
One woman wiggled up next to him. At one point, about 15 voters posed for a group picture like it was the last day of camp. After McCain left the debate, voters flocked to Obama. Dowd: Urging Palin to bark, mongering rumors, McCain is employing the same tactics used against
Federal Reserve to buy up bundles of debt, a radical move aimed to free up credit markets. Attention commuting cyclists: Prepare for a monthly tax break in the bailout. Meet the Treasury's Goldman-ite with $700 billion in his wallet. Pictures and scorn in case you, too, are
[Election officials] should make clear that in many circumstances, people in foreclosure still have the right to vote where they have been living. Disenfranchisment will threaten over a million largely Democrat voters. On the Wall Street crash suicide myth, a grandson's reflections on its legacy. Profiteering from climate
Divisions rife between governments as Europe races to support banks. Print for the commute: Soros's ability to read the tea leaves has enriched him before; betting against him now is a bad call. Even as Lehman pleaded for a bailout, it approved millions in bonuses for its departing
Reversing course, seven Palin aides to testify in fast-tracked "Troopergate" investigation. ...A man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else. Rolling Stone is unconvinced McCain is a maverick. The endorsements come rolling in: 61 Nobel laureates back Obama for anticipated support of scientific, technological
U.S.-India nuclear deal is quickly and quietly going forward, though with more loopholes than previously discussed. Police say no link between anti-Muslim DVDs and a child attacked at an Ohio mosque (see more). Palintology: Imagined creationist, war-room cartoons with a President McCain. Op: "The founders
Last night's debate offered no obvious gains or gaffes--though Biden's insistence that McCain's no maverick could resound. She twinkled and winked and piled on the perkiness, a "darn right" here and an "I'll betcha" there. Palin debated
