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Exactly a month ago, amid much fanfare, the Euro was launched in earnest. Although the exchange rates of the 13 participating countries had been permanently pegged together the previous year, it took the introduction of standardized notes and coins to demonstrate the magnitude of the shift to a single European...
Balancing Zippy's non-sequiturs falls to Griffy, the high-collared ultra-rationalist. He commonly expounds on topics ranging from the pleasures of snowfall, to the ancient continent of Pangea and the fleeting celebrity of N'Sync. His barbed commentary on actual trends, such as jet skis or the infantilization...
Call 'em squeamish if you like, but America's European partners in the war on terrorism are increasingly alarmed over those Al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. All across the continent newspapers challenged the U.S. view that the captives fall outside of the Geneva Convention. Britain's Guardian contests the...
In the long run, the greater transparency of euro pricing should also work to the advantage of consumers. "I'll tell you what will make me feel more European," says a security guard watching at Dublin's General Post Office, where child benefits are being handed out in stacks of...
Nkosi Johnson died in June this year, aged 12. In sub-Saharan Africa, where 28 million people have HIV/AIDS, his brand of candor remains rare. But thanks in part to the dying boy's speech, more people have begun to speak about AIDS rather than hide from it. This year...