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TUPY: Embracing progress
"The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s, hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate."
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Escape Artist'
It is inevitable that a man may campaign for the U.S. presidency on one set of issues only to face entirely different challenges once he is in office. In 1979, I spent some time traveling with Ronald Reagan throughout Northern California as he tested three major themes with great success for his campaign a year later.
IMF warns Europe not to ease up debt battle
An infusion of hundreds of billions of dollars will give the International Monetary Fund a badly needed boost to tackle Europe's prolonged debt crisis. But global finance officials sent a strong message Saturday that struggling governments must speed reforms or risk spooking jittery markets and raising the economic danger.
ZUBRIN: Earth Day's dark side
Sunday was Earth Day, the annual jamboree of the green movement held worldwide since 1970. Unfortunately, a review of the accomplishments of the advocates of environmentalism and population control since that spectacular debut shows very little reason to celebrate.
Tint on IMF's glasses gets a bit rosier
The International Monetary Fund is more optimistic about the global economy after seeing faster U.S. growth and a coordinated effort in Europe to address the Continent's debt crisis.
SOBHANI: Facebook IPO: A chance to be transformative
The backbone of Facebook's enormous success is its estimated 845 million users, including every member of my extended family. Mark Zuckerberg deserves credit for creating a platform that has allowed millions of people around the world to find one another, stay in touch and share their pictures, stories and life. Although revolutions and coups have been a part of human history, Facebook has allowed for a more organized opposition to develop in totalitarian systems.
Economy Briefs: Texas utility settles with creditors
Utility company Dynegy Inc. said Wednesday that it reached an agreement with creditors that will allow the company to move forward with bankruptcy proceedings for one of its subsidiaries.
EDITORIAL: A better World Bank pick
The World Bank will be interviewing candidates for its next president in a process meant to be open, transparent and merit-based. President Obama's nominee, Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, has the inside track, though developing-country aspirants, such as Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are better qualified. There are also many Americans who would make a better choice.
Rising powers consider alternative to World Bank, others
Developing nations again seem unlikely to propel one of their own citizens into the World Bank presidency.
Obama weighs in on black teenager's killing
President Obama weighed in for the first time on the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin Friday in very personal terms, calling it a tragedy and urging the country to do "some soul-searching" about why it occurred.
Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank
President Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's top post.
Obama weighs pick for World Bank
President Obama is going down to the wire on naming his candidate for the president of the World Bank, even as foreign candidates have emerged for a post that has always gone to an American.
RAHN: Batumi 'miracle'
This city is one of the oldest on earth, as humans lived here at least as early as the 12th century B.C. Now, it is rapidly becoming one of the most modern cities on the planet. Its setting at the eastern end of the Black Sea coast is spectacular, with orange groves and snow-covered mountains rising literally within walking distance of the beaches.
GATSIOUNIS: China biggest beneficiary of its African largess
When the new Chinese-funded African Union headquarters was unveiled last month in Addis Ababa, Equatorial Guinea's president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, hailed the $200 million spectacle of marble and glass as "a reflection of the new Africa." Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi called it a symbol "of the African renaissance."
Attraction to 1955 Imperial started 50 years ago
Nick Anderson's family owned a 1955 DeSoto when he was growing up in Dallas. Although it was a very nice car, he knew that in the Chrysler hierarchy the Imperial was the car to have. He even saw a few on the streets and admired the sculpted metal and distinctive taillights.