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...never read a stronger recommendation for a new album. I am very glad one of the greatest bands on this planet "has clearly found itself stuck in a very strange moment of self-reckoning." For me it clearly says: yes, we are back on track, with rock music that thrills over and over again. Why should musicians not be allowed to echo the past? In other fields they are praised when they pay tribute to their roots. Thanks - I'm off to the shop. Peter Terlouw, GOUDA, THE NETHERLANDS...
...Obama defines them: the soaring health-care costs that disadvantage American companies abroad, the difficulty young people—the lifeblood of any economy—have affording higher education, and, most drastically, the threat that a failure to meaningfully combat global warming will pose to both the planet and human lives. As Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School professor, wrote for Politico in response to Krauthammer’s piece, Obama is “not only a brilliant strategist, he is a brilliant analyst of America, understanding all the factors that contribute to economic decline and recovery...
...economic tsunami continues to rage across the planet, the near universal refrain has been that joint action is needed to pull us out of the crisis. But when it comes to stimulus spending, the U.S. and Europe have taken different paths, jeopardizing hopes of a united front to combat the downturn...
...Edward Humes makes clear in his new book Eco-Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet, a high income-tax bracket gives the rich another advantage: a platform on which they can advance the causes that matter to them. And believe it or not, a surprising number of super-wealthy Americans are using their money to fight for what Humes calls "a secret plan to save the earth." (See the top 10 green stories...
...pictures of our fragile planet...