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Bronson, 38, is a successful journalist and novelist best known for writing about Silicon Valley, but when he started What Should I Do with My Life?, he was asking himself that same question. The dotcom boom was over, he had a child on the way, and the TV show he was writing for had just been canceled to make way for Temptation Island. He was at a crossroads. So he began telling everybody he met that he was looking for tales about how people found their purpose in life. Relying entirely on a grass-roots, and-they-told-two-friends...
...What Bush has only lately come to realize is that, thanks to the boom of the 1990s, many Americans, especially the 60 percent who own stocks, now view the economy and the stock market as pretty much the same thing. Which is why, despite the fact that the shallowest recession in history ended more than a year ago, and despite continued low interest rates, relatively low unemployment and negligible inflation, many Americans persist in believing that the economy is faltering and getting worse. With the markets in their worst slump since the Great Depression, it's no wonder...
Fortunately, Timbaland rises to the challenge with some of his most potent work to date. Looking to old-school predecessors for inspiration, he ditches his trademark angular stutter-step to anchor the beats in thunderous boom-bap, charging them with a newfound immediacy. The low-end artillery in “Funky Fresh Dressed” sounds made for a gargantuan boom box, and “Slide’s” ominous boom reels in the body like a black hole. Though technology coats the beats in platinum, the classic hip-hop samples laced throughout the album lend...
...spring's big battle, the White House seems to betting on two things besides Bill Frist and his slight numerical edge in the Senate. One, that people will overlook the costs when the budget's already busted. Two, that whether or not these tax cuts bring back the boom times or just sit there while the business cycle does the work, it'll all look the same to voters in, say, November...
...many Americans, Spitzer in 2002 personified integrity and trust. After the Internet boom blew out and their stock and 401(k) holdings evaporated, it was nice to find someone--anyone--who seemed to be fighting on their behalf. By taking on Wall Street, Spitzer clearly touched a chord. At the exclusive University Club in midtown Manhattan, under tall marble columns resembling those of an Italian palazzo, a well-dressed gentleman walks through a crowd toward Spitzer just to say, "Keep it up, Eliot!" Later, outside the attorney general's office near Wall Street, a young man crossing the street recognizes...