The booming industries of recent years, from construction to finance, will not bounce back. The global job market is hungover, recovery is unaided by a ballooning labor force. The "patriotism as disease defense mechanism" hypothesis: natural distrust, fear of strangers. "We used to be in these hills
Europe actually not pleased about taking "the worst of the worst" from Guantánamo. About two-thirds of all Polish mortgage holders now face skyrocketing payments. Lessons learned from Obama's economic blueprints about his policy style. Need style inspiration? Try the fashion of Mad Men creator Matt
Americans see 18 percent of their wealth disappear in 2008. Why Bashar al-Assad, that "lisping former opthamologist who rules Syria with an iron fist," enjoyed the best week ever. Among TIME's world-changing 10 ideas: Africa as a business destination (for China). You know Warhol,
Writers’ Workshop graduate John McNally’s new book of short stories is filled with both the celebrity and the minutiae of life in Chicago. Just don’t call him a “writer to watch!”
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help an airline passenger determine the best day and time to book a flight.
The news, by and large, was bad--just not quite as bad as feared. Wall Street mounts its second surge of the week. Lawmakers overturn Bush-era bill amendment that denied support to nations who wouldn't give the U.S. immunity from the I.C.C. I don&
Next month's G20 summit will see a "narrowing of differences," no "grand bargain to put the world to rights." Uptick noted in amateur American superheroes, armed with the internet and expensive costumes. Industry: shipping. Mexican drug lord makes Forbes billionaire list. With stimulus money
If your coffee table has been missing something, luckily there have been two new volumes of poster art produced, one featuring posters developed by the WPA, the other an international collection of movie poster art.
Within hours we knew that half a dozen of our friends had been hit, and that my dinner companion's retirement was over. Madoff's most intimate betrayals. Op: Don't swallow Wall Street's tales of victimhood; in hindsight, the bankers ignored foresight. More from
Some hope for peace, others for environmental protection—and that’s because TED Prize wishes aren’t often granted to neoconservatives.
