She was raised on mining and right wing politics and was taught by her father that owning media was a source of influence, along with giving politicians money directly and nagging them, and everyone, endlessly about the benefits of small government and the evils of environmentalism. Gina Rinehart is not a nag like her father and she hangs onto her money like a limpet, although she is starting to

The bin Laden raid presents us with every reason to be cautious. The government’s initial claims about what transpired at that house in Abbottabad have changed, then changed again, with no proper explanation of the discrepancies. Even making allowances for human error in such shifting accounts, almost every aspect of what we were told requires a willing suspension of disbelief—from the manner of

Japan has racked up its first trade deficit in 31 years as the country's ageing crisis hits home and the Fukushima nuclear disaster raises dependence on imported fuel.

how the cultural influences and global underpinnings of Barack Obama's diverse upbringing in Indonesia and Hawaii created the president America needed for the multipolar world of the 21st century. Written by a cultural psychologist, it uses anthropological, political and genealogical
perspectives to argue that Obama's life journey has reflected the challenges America faces today.

Dinesh Sarm

Talks of recovery fall on confused ears as many young college graduates compete for fewer jobs with higher amounts of student debt.  In the last decade college graduates have encountered the highest tuition increases ever while getting a lower return on their investment once they enter into the workforce.  The economy is still a mess if we dig into the data and look outside of the stock market ga

Health care spending in 2009 and 2010 grew at the slowest rates in 50 years. This startling news, published in an article by staff of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Health Affairs, was largely attributed to the shrinking economy.1 Loss of jobs and insurance, slow growth in wages and family incomes, and greater out-of-pocket health care costs have undoubtedly caused uninsu

Last week we witnessed lawyers dueling in the bankruptcy court on the details of exactly what code of law supports customer priority in liquidation of the parts of MF Global Holdings, and gosh!….is the Holdings is even a broker ? Why are lawyers debating these questions at this late date?

First we’ll cover what started the fight and then move onto the genesis of why it has come to this so f

Since Saturday, Italian teams of divers have been looking for survivors in the submerged section of the wrecked cruise ship the Costa Concordia.

Comment garder la trace d'une tête qui ne doit être ni photographiée ni manipulée? Une équipe a répondu à cette demande inédite de numérisation de la tête maorie avant sa restitution par le musée de Rouen.

Lorsque la tête maorie conservée au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Rouen a été remise aux mains des représentants maoris le 9 mai dernier, aucune photographie de la tête tatouée elle-même n

The banking industry has a problem that they’ve been keeping covered up for a long time and it’s got nothing to do with mortgages but everything to do with Natasha Cleary and her two small children.

Every so often, someone is forced to give up their ATM card and PIN or forced to make a withdrawal, then executed and the body hidden when the killer realizes there’s more money in the account. (Hi

.. what does the Gingrich’s embrace of General Jackson as a hero tell us? He was the hero of New Orleans where he defeated a vastly superior British army, (and in this had the support enslaved and free African Americans, Choctaw and other Indians). But he was never a hero to Native Americans — they called him “Long Knife.” He was elected President as a successful “Indian-fighter” and then authori

Sir Mick Jagger snubbed David Cameron last night after claiming he was a victim of Tory spin.

The furious Stones legend, 68, ditched a planned meeting with the PM at a Tory business event, telling pals he felt “exploited”.

Sir Mick was seething after learning how Downing Street had boasted of recruiting him to help promote Britain at the Great British Tea Party in the Swiss resort of Davos.

Reports released by the Treasury just before Christmas provide further evidence the planned partial privatisation of the state-owned power companies is a solution in search of a problem.

Walking through Shatila, one can distinctly sense the urgency and hope for Palestinian liberation. We were a group of nine academics from the U.S. who wanted to see the living conditions of Palestinian refugees for ourselves. At the request of a Palestinian professor from San Francisco State University, Sana’a Al-Hussein, a social worker from Shatila, guided us through the narrow alleys of the

Everybody’s talking about Mitt’s taxes, but questions always remain. Here are a few:

Can we expect to find anything crooked in Romney’s filings?

You kidding? Smart rich people hire smart accountants to keep them out of trouble. It’s not the illegal things they do, it’s how they manage to rig things so that they get away, metaphorically, with murder.

Should Romney’s tax returns be the way