March 29, 2010, 6:30 AM
The blog is taking a spring hiatus this week. Back on Monday, April 5.
March 26, 2010, 6:50 AM
Friday | Today's idea: "Germany is achieving by stealth what it failed to achieve in the past thousand years of intra-European struggles," an analyst writes: enduring dominance in continental matters. [Stratfor]
March 25, 2010, 6:38 AM
Thursday | Today's idea: The United States owes a debt for its founding to what is now Haiti, a scholar writes. Far from being a basket case during the American Revolution, the prosperous French colony was a vital transit hub for munitions and an economic engine behind French loans to the American cause. [The Boston Globe]
March 24, 2010, 6:37 AM
Wednesday | Today's idea: On Wall Street, it is testosterone-driven men who have trouble controlling their emotions, an article says. More female traders might moderate risky behavior. If only the markets rewarded moderation. [New York]
Yes, anger is contagious. I glare and grimace, so you glare and grimace. Violence doesn’t spread so easily.
The Roman Catholic Church has long tried to shield itself from interference and persecution by enemies of the faith.
It has become Washington’s grimmest but most urgent parlor game: What would happen if Israel struck Iran’s nuclear sites? Here is one scenario.
MoMA had a Q-tip and a manhole cover. Now it acquires the @. (But we can borrow it now and then.)
Experts on the art of power say President Obama may have come of age as a leader last week, but bigger challenges loom.
Nations have interests. So do global information companies. And they’re not always the same.
Islands in the Indonesian archipelago are literally disappearing as thieves dig them up and sell the sand and gravel for construction projects elsewhere in Asia.
69.2: The percentage increase in the size of the main course in 52 paintings of the Last Supper over the last millennium.
Horton Smith won the first Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club with a score of 284 over 72 holes.
“If the anti-incumbent tide is as strong as some people think it is, I will be swept out, despite all my efforts.”
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