EU employs new official coffee monitors to make sure commissioners' espresso tastes good. Bankers will not hesitate to enrich themselves at the expense of the public good if they have the opportunity. If you're looking for a socialist revolution in the U.S., focus on guerrilla agriculture.
While occasionally the greatest of gambles, retooling a band’s sound can lead to deeply rewarding results. The best current example is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new release, “It’s Blitz!,” available online immediately.
Two decades after high school days spent yearning to be a part of the “in” crowd, our writer confronts her former dream date, now a best-selling author, and her former self.
I do not give much importance to abstract concepts. President Lula da Silva of Brazil ponders the new human-based economic order. Channeling Genghis Khan, Kazakh premier suggests a global currency. Riding news of Citigroup's profits and Bernanke's call for reform, Wall Street posts its biggest
Truck that hit Tsvangirai's car, killing his wife, turns out to have been a USAID vehicle. Treasury department not answering its phones, says U.K. cabinet secretary. How the quants (physicists on Wall Street) came to be, and came to be slandered by Warren Buffett. Op: Merging big
Last week at a Manhattan auction house, five of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal items were on the block when second thoughts crept in. From the back offices, observing an auction in suspense.
Not enough Pakistanis have taken a stand against the Talibanisation of their country. Op: Terrorism, extremism left unchecked in Pakistan. The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults developed sibling dolls named Sara and Dara, Muslim versions of Barbie and Ken. "Mother, look. I have made
Astounding story about the obstacles--thugs, secret prisons, beatings--Chinese citizens face to lodge a complaint about the government. Bad paintings of Barack Obama. Bush lawyers find themselves too toxic for employers; Gonzales blames "partisan politics" for his unemployment. Instapaper for the commute: For screenwriters everywhere: the path
Occasionally, all we need is a random act of amiable strangeness. Luckily, the costumed ragtime performers known as the Xylopholks are only too happy to step up.
In the run-up to Summit of Americas: hopes for easing Cuban embargo, mending ties after Latin America's move leftward. Clinton's "talk-show diplomacy" wins Turkish support; next, Obama must deliver on Middle East policy. Three makes a trend: Shoes hurled at Ahmadinejad. We
