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...would have shrunk from the enormity of trying to cope with all of that at the same time, but not Veronica Mars. She rebounded from her travails with a toughened yet witty edge, all the while maintaining compassion and zealousness for the truth. She sometimes takes on cases pro bono and does what it takes to accomplish her goals. She is charmingly effervescent and incisively brilliant...
Terry Gross, a partner at Gross and Belsky, an intellectual property and media law firm in San Francisco that is representing Ciarelli pro bono, said that the Apple lawsuit was “frivolous...
Hence the importance of an engaging new book, The Debt Threat (HarperBusiness; 257 pages), by Noreena Hertz, a University of Cambridge globalization expert, who tells the story of how debt burdens are crushing many developing countries. We see rock star Bono, on a debt-relief crusade, bring Senator Jesse Helms to tears as the musician quotes verses from the Bible. We also learn of practical solutions. Hertz insists that debt relief should be delinked from International Monetary Fund and World Bank "good governance" conditions, arguing that there isn't time for impoverished countries to revamp their political systems. Instead, Hertz...
...politics and power, most economists are like wallpaper-- full of intricate details but ultimately decoration. Jeffrey Sachs, however, is a brand name. A player. There's Jeff with the Pope. There's Jeff with U.N. chief Kofi Annan. There's Jeff with his save-the-world sidekick, U2's Bono...
Keep it positive until next time, when Uncharted Waters will tackle the superstar tsunami Grammy tribute performance by U2 lead singer Bono, Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Velvet Revolver, Tim McGraw, and Brian Wilson (crazy...