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Outsourcing isn't the only jobs issue the Bush White House has uncharacteristically bumbled lately. Another political land mine exploded when the 417-page Economic Report of the President, sent to Congress under Bush's signature, delivered the staggeringly optimistic forecast that the economy would create millions of jobs this year. When asked about the prediction, Bush backed away, avoiding a question about the number after his Treasury Secretary and Commerce Secretary cast doubt upon it. Yet another section of the report raised the important question of whether making a sandwich at a fast-food restaurant (some assembly required) should...
...boost the ailing industry. Exports are down, and domestic consumption slid to 69 L per person last year, compared to 135 L 40 years ago. Can't blame that on America : vintners point to the government's successful campaign against drunk driving. - By Terrence Murray Hold the front page! A U.S. judge torpedoed Conrad Black's plans to sell his controlling stake in Chicago-based newspaper publishers Hollinger International to British investors. Siding with Hollinger's board - which claimed the $466 million deal undervalued the firm - the ruling could clear the way for an auction of Hollinger's titles...
...Tyler’s proposal. Though he quite rightly insists that his buses would not be salvaged from Eisenhower’s army, Tyler cannot deny their resemblance to military surplus—and that is a resemblance which is not in the least shameful. Harvard should take a page from Tyler’s apparent book and get hold of some unused K rations to be parachuted onto Quincy House’s courtyard. They couldn’t be worse than Harvard University Dining Services’ weaker offerings, and they would surely keep longer than the delicate...
...October 2003, The New York Times website added a section to its op-ed page featuring editorials from foreign newspapers, particularly those that that deal with American foreign policy. CNN now regularly runs translated clips from the Arab satellite channel al Jazeera. These quiet additions are, in fact, part of a fundamental shift in the way we get information. Thanks to the internet and satellite TV, mass media are no longer geographically limited. Propaganda is propagated beyond national borders on signals that don’t fade as the metropole fades into the distance. We’re all watching...
...your eyes scan the rest of the page. Arizona State is already 9-2. “It can’t be!” you say. Cal State Fullerton is 6-7. Stanford? A nice, tidy...