The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) turned 21 this year, an appropriate time to evaluate its successes and failures and to apply those lessons to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement recently signed and under review by the U.S. Congress.
The newly appointed CEO of United Airlines, Oscar Munoz, has hit the afterburners in apologizing for the company’s poor performance in recent years following the merger of United and Continental.
"I think I'm entitled to know." "You want to know?" "I want the truth!" "You can't handle the truth!" "You see, deep down in the bowels of the Federal reserve Board, Yellen herself doesn't know."
interview with Niall Fergusonvia Forum with Michael Krasny (KQED)
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses his recent book about Kissinger as well as Ferguson's decision to leave Harvard and take a full-time senior fellowship at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
They build companies and assemble fortunes. They run banks, or hope to disrupt them. They shape economies and spread ideas. They manage money and wield the clout that goes with the billions of dollars they invest. The 50 people in our fifth annual Most Influential ranking are a varied group but have in common extraordinary success in their chosen fields.
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of California, San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) will host a series of educational events to broaden understanding of the past, foster tolerance, and preserve the memory of victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
The celebrated historian, back in the public eye with a biography of Henry Kissinger, will answer your questions in a live webchat at 1pm on Monday 12 October – post them in the comments below
A horrific news report from Afghanistan brings to light a wide problem afflicting the American and Israeli way of war—but, no, it is not what you think.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's withdrawal Thursday from the race to be the next Speaker disappointed some in Silicon Valley who hoped he would be a more tech-savvy leader, and some who wanted the gavel to return to California.
Amid all this song and dance about Hindutva’s love for the Holy Cow and promising death and damnation to all those who dare to see it as just another animal, few seem to notice the fact that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has been crowned as the world’s biggest exporter of beef.
