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...protectionism does not creep into measures to fight the global downturn only because of the haste with which they fly through legislatures. Even in the 21st century, there are people who actually believe that “Buy American” clauses are a worthy cause. When asked by the New York Times if people would oppose protectionism, Senator Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) replied: “Who could be against it? Well, some Ivy League economists don’t like it—something about Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Don't Buy American | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Copenhagen. Yet clean energy figured prominently in Obama’s stimulus package, renewing hope among many that American initiative on global warming might galvanize the world’s other largest polluters to act decisively to cut down on CO2 emissions. As the industrial power of the 21st century, China recognizes that segueing into more environmentally sustainable growth is not only crucial to its internal development but also has great potential of becoming a major export market...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: Hillary Goes to China | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...gonna come right out with it. i'm a wee bit drunk. its my 21st b-day. so i'm not sure if what i sent actually went out over the list. here it is again in case it didnt, and if it did, sorry for flooding your inboxes

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Sunday Night Schmoozin' | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...Wolpe, director of the Atlanta-based Emory Center for Ethics, mainly because Americans are still uneasy with the idea of assisted suicide. Yet Jerry Dincin, Final Exit's vice president, believes the sentiment could be changing and that the right to die could become "the human right of the 21st century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide? | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...ridien, SoHo Grand, and W - are offering Armory Arts Week packages March 4 to 9. The promotion includes tickets to the Armory Show, March 5 to 8 at Pier 94, the yearly art fair during which hundreds of galleries gather from around the world to show their 20th and 21st century works. The hotel packages also include discounts at museums and a 15% all-day savings pass at Bloomingdale's, with private make-up consultations, a customized SK-II facial and a deluxe travel-size item from Dior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agatha Christie's Private Escape, and Other Travel Goodies | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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