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Leaders vow to tackle economic crisis

World leaders unveiled a set of sweeping near- and long-term plans on Saturday to tackle the ever-spreading economic crisis, which has infected all corners of the global financial system.   RSS...

Leaders tackle economic crisis head on

World leaders unveiled a set of sweeping near- and long-term plans on Saturday to tackle the ever-spreading economic crisis, which has infected all corners of the global financial system.   RSS...

Is David Leonhardt pretending Henry Paulson did his job?

Or does he know better?This year’s election coincided with an important moment in the financial crisis. The credit markets have stabilized in the last few weeks and even improved a bit. But the rest...

Lights Off

Photo by Liam MaloneySay you're a band who's been around a while and whose last album got a good amount of critical and popular acclaim and a nomination for a major music prize in your home country. ...

France: Can a Wounded Nation Heal Itself?

Here is a quote by Nicolas Sarkozy from 2006, before he became French President: [S]ecurity is the responsibility of the State, I am against militias, I am against the private ownership of firearms,...

From the land of the rolling brownouts

We have news of plans to expand electrical generating capacity within the state of California being stuffed again:The region’s long-term plans to generate electricity to serve a growing...

Spring Interview with Braves First Baseman Mark Teixeira

I caught up with Mark Teixeira in the Braves clubhouse just before batting practice. He is a pretty intense person and while he may come off as a bit short below, that’s just how he it --...

New Book: The Confrontation: Winning the War Against Future Jihad

This is to introduce my new book The Confrontation: Winning the War against Future Jihad which has been released today In my first post 9/11 book, Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against the...

Keeper League Primer from the Inside: the citi fielders

By Drew Biedermann The favorite of all my fantasy leagues is my Yahoo! keeper baseball league.  It's a 14-team mixed league, with 6x6 scoring (doubles are the extra category for hitters; holds...

Bill Ballew: Braves Prospect List Q&A 2008

For this, the third installment of our series of Q&A's with prospect gurus, we present Bill Ballew of Baseball America. This is the first year I've talked with Bill, but he was very gracious with...