Rising Debt May Cause Sun to Set on U.S. Economy: Chart of Day (David Wilson)

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- As an economic power, the U.S. may go the way of the British Empire because of the government’s increasing debt burden, according to Richard A. Posner, an economist and federa ...

Congress to end poverty by requiring all americans to become wealthy or face fines (Democratic Underground)

Sept. 16, 20009 (Democratic Underground) -- Hey, if it makes sense to solve the problem of uninsured americans that way, why not use it for other problems? Solve the unemployment problem by forcing t ...

Household Worth in U.S. Rose by $2 Trillion in Second Quarter (Bob Willis)

Share | Email | Print | A A A By Bob Willis Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Household wealth in the U.S. increased by $2 trillion in the second quarter, bringing an end to the biggest slump on record. Net wo ...

World’s Oceans Were Warmest on Record in June Through August (Jim Efstathiou Jr.)

Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The average world ocean temperature from June through August was the warmest since 1880 for any Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra ...

Black Swan Author: ‘We still have the same diseas'e (Margaret Wente)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Shannon Stapleton/Reuters On anniversary of Lehman collapse, author of The Black Swan can say 'I told you so' Share with friends Close Email Please enter a valid e-mail address ...

The Economist Launches First-Ever Global Public Debt Clock (Greg Ip)

THE ECONOMIST LAUNCHES FIRST EVER GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT CLOCK ITEMIZING THE BIGGEST BILL IN HISTORY - $35 TRILLION New York, NY-- The Economist has launched the Global Public Debt Clock, an interactive ...

'Give me a rocket launcher....' (Jim Miles)

Jim Miles www.jim.secretcove.ca/index.Publications.html "Give me a rocket launcher….” A Canadian polling company, the Angus Reid Global Monitor, indicates that the majority of the world’s citizens ex ...

Perpetual Grief over September 11th (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2009 -- The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings ...

Stop Begging Obama to Be Obama and Get Mad (Chris Hedges)

Posted on Sep 14, 2009 AP Photo / Charles Dharapak President Obama is mobbed after delivering his major health care address to Congress. Obama has promised to deliver millions of new customers to ins ...

Court to Probe Afghan War Crimes (BBC News)

Sept. 10, 2009 (BBC News) -- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is gathering information about possible war crimes in Afghanistan. A U.S Marine from Delta Company ...

Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group (Agence France Presse)

Sept. 10, 2009 -- BANGKOK (Agence France Presse) -- Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion dollars ...