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Wickrematunge, 50, was one of this war-ravaged country's brave contrarians. For the past 14 years, his paper published cheeky editorials and outrageous exposés alleging corruption and self-dealing among politicians of every party and was openly critical of a government that demanded absolute loyalty from the media. On Jan. 8, he joined the long list of the silenced. He was driving to work when two men on motorcycles swerved in front of his car to block its path. Two others pulled up on either side, smashed the car's windows and shot him. Wickrematunge died...
...They need human blood. The humans are like their cattle. Hence, a symbiotic relationship in this Brave New World is forged...
...truly effective stimulus plan jolts the economy by lifting consumer confidence, since tax cuts can only increase economic activity when people spend, not save. A bigger plan would undoubtedly lead to more consumer confidence, especially if Obama had been brave enough to break the trillion-dollar mark. The flurry of news headlines and television news stories that would accompany such a big figure would show the public that Obama is serious about bringing up the economy, and hopefully motivate them to spend...
...epic five-set Wimbledon final that dethroned the grass-court champion in one of the greatest matches ever played. More than any other, that match - in which Nadal seized control early on and slowly squeezed the air out of Federer, even as the Swiss player thrashed out a brave but doomed comeback - summed up Nadal's unique brand of tennis: protracted but certain in its path to victory...
...breakdown seems a tidy, symmetrical response to a crisis driven by greedheads and gamblers who blew the bubble that carried us away and politicians who stood by and watched it burst. So now we stand in the rubble, surrounded by sharp questions. How sturdy are we, how suspicious, how brave, how bitter? What is it going to do to us, individually and collectively, when dread takes up residence next door, or right upstairs in the empty rooms we prowl around when we can't sleep because our debts and doubts are making too much noise? (See pictures of the recession...