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...such sparring, the sentiment this year is far better than it was 12 months ago. Then, as the Iraq war loomed, the board was worried that a "culture of caution" had taken root among consumers and businesses alike. Today world trade is up; oil prices didn't spike, as was feared; mergers and acquisitions are back in fashion; and U.S. consumers, boosted by President Bush's tax cut, are buying the whole world out of the doldrums. Even Japan's economy, mired in recession for much of the past decade, is growing at a healthy pace again. "There...
...find it ironic that none of the heroes has touched with the proverbial barge pole the root cause of Earth's numerous environmental challenges: unchecked population growth. This politically incorrect issue is apparently too religiously and nationalistically fraught to tackle. As our little planet hurtles toward a projected population of 9.4 billion by 2050, however, I suspect that the topic will eventually come into vogue. Stephen Ehrenberg, Stavanger, Norway...
...health care a Democratic issue--not something they needed to do anything or even think much about. But in recent years, most Republicans have come to believe that our health-care system is dysfunctional because it is employer-based and that this dysfunction has to be attacked at the root...
...questionable, however, whether or not such a use of money is healthy, especially for developing regions like Asia. High-end consumerism is at the root of a great many social and environmental concerns in Asia. For instance, consumer protection organizations have formed in South Korea to campaign against “overspending mania” that is sweeping the country. Native Asian wealth is being whisked abroad to support the economies of foreign nations, creating illiquidity for local investments. In China, factory employees work long hours in outsourced textile production, making the region a smoggy, grey-skied dumping ground...
...it.I already know what you’re wondering, provided that you care about college hockey or have lived in New England. In a city that boasts perennial national contenders Boston University and Boston College, how can this young “Masshole” who otherwise roots for the Red Sox and Patriots actually root for the Crimson over the Eagles and the Terriers?As luck would have it, all you need to do is skate on the ice in the Bright Hockey Center at a young enough age. For a first-grader playing one of his first inter...