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...hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without...
...falling back on one of the oldest Washington tropes: Economic growth is the answer. Realistic people, however, tend to disagree with that. "A strong economy is not going to solve the long-run challenge facing Medicare and Social Security," says Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute. A budget expert who has advised Dean and other Democratic candidates is even more blunt. "I don't know whether he knows better or he just doesn't get it," the adviser says. "I liked the old Howard Dean much better...
...joined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, probe his role in an alleged $8.8 billion fraud that could implicate Parmalat in Europe's biggest corporate scandal ever, easily on a par with those of Enron and WorldCom in the U.S. Parmalat has filed for bankruptcy, and corporate-turnaround expert Enrico Bondi is trying to salvage what he can of the firm, which has 36,000 employees in 30 countries, including 7,300 in North America. Among its holdings is Archway Cookies, now on the block. Along with Tanzi, seven others connected with Parmalat were arrested last week...
...G.M.I.P.'s members, estimated to number more than 150, have received assistance from local Islamic radicals in northern Malaysia or from JI and al-Qaeda. Thai officials suspect the professionalism of G.M.I.P.'s latest attacks suggests that they have received training from foreign militants. But Andrew Tan, a terrorism expert at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, argues that the recent violence is most likely a local affair: "This is just the latest in a long line of bombings, assassinations, arms robberies and school burnings that have been going on since the '70s. The modus operandi bears absolutely no hallmarks...
...arrested last week, and Tanzi's son Stefano was questioned by prosecutors. The size of the alleged fraud could make Parmalat the biggest corporate scandal ever in Europe, easily on a par with Enron or WorldCom in the U.S. Parmalat filed for bankruptcy on Christmas Eve, and corporate-turnaround expert Enrico Bondi is trying to salvage what he can of the firm, which has 36,000 employees in 30 countries and top-selling brands including Parmalat uht milk and Archway cookies. On Friday, dozens of company workers and small shareholders in Collecchio - Parmalat's headquarters and Tanzi's birthplace just...