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• The multi-trillionaire that will save AIG

  Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:54 AM

  Best explanation of AIG's woes anywhere is here . Apparently the only white knight that can save AIG is a multi-trillionaire, and The only multi-trillionaire around, though, is the U.S. government. Which is a strange sort of trillionaire, I know, given Read More... 0 Comments Filed under: World issues

• Brilliant Olympics opening ceremony!

  Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:39 AM

  Like most people around the world (live, in most of Asia and Europe's case), I was glued to the screen during the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony.  I'm not ashamed to admit I swelled up with pride and even a little choked up at places, for example Read More... 7 Comments Filed under: Online views, China, World issues

• NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance'

  Monday, June 23, 2008 8:25 PM

  Reading this part made me angry: Longtime global warming skeptic Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., citing a recent poll, said in a statement, "Hansen, (former Vice President) Gore and the media have been trumpeting man-made climate doom since the 1980s. Read More... 5 Comments Filed under: World issues