News - Powered by Yahoo NewsThe Left?s anti-austerity message is delusiona
It may be beguiling voters, but the Left in the Labour Party and across Europe is refusing to acknowledge harsh economic truths.
Thu, 10 May 2012 12:59:35 -0700 -
A Beguiling Emissary From the Dictatorship Back Hom
Tang Baiqiao, a prominent dissident and proponent of Chinese democracy, was subject to unsettling overtures by a messenger from the Chinese Communist Party.
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:36:00 -0700 -
Israeli film turns focus on Hamas leader's murde
A tall and beguiling blonde sits alone at the bar of a luxury Middle Eastern hotel. Looking across the lobby she seductively eyes a mustached Arab man. Emboldened by her enticing glances he approaches the bar and they begin chatting.
Tue, 08 May 2012 10:42:51 -0700 -
Path-setting children?s author Maurice Sendak die
Mr. Sendak, who wrote and illustrated beloved and beguiling children?s books, most notably ?Where the Wild Things Are,?? died at 83 on Tuesday, four days after suffering a stroke.
Wed, 09 May 2012 06:50:53 -0700 -
Embrace Summer With a Romantic Getaway to Calabash Cove Resort & Sp
ST. LUCIA, WEST INDIES-- - Embrace summer with a getaway to Calabash Cove Resort & Spa, a beguiling beachfront boutique resort located on the Caribbean's most romantic island. Escaping to this idyllic ...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:34:00 -0700 -
Look to Sweden! Obama's High-Tax Guru
Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez ( Journal High Tax Rates Won?t Slow Growth) offer a beguiling Leftist narrative: The 1% will cough up incremental tax revenue up to a 70 percent rate without cutting the things they do to generate economic growth. We can then use their money to fund "higher-return public investments" (such as ...
Sun, 13 May 2012 13:51:22 -0700 -
Giving banks a ride risks being stun
That JPMorgan Chase could lose $2 billion in risky trades involving bonds, with the nation still recovering from a recession caused by big banks, might remind newspaper readers of the parable about the frog and the scorpion. That?s the one where a fearful frog agrees to give a beguiling scorpion a ride across a river on his back, only to be stung halfway across. ?Why?? the frog asks, noting that ...
Tue, 15 May 2012 00:55:56 -0700 -
Medical sleuths discuss the forensics of deat
BALTIMORE ? Death never dies here. It just keeps getting more interesting, more beguiling. More, well, alive. Alive in every cringe-worthy detail, in every clue about its causes, in every shard of evidence waiting to be spliced to another shard . . . and another shard until a picture starts to form, an image assembled from nuggets of information collected decades or centuries ago. Read full ...
Sun, 06 May 2012 16:24:00 -0700 -
In San Francisco With a Gallon of Gas to G
The Prius C is an attractive little car, all curves, flares and bulges. And at 53 m.p.g., it can handle the city?s 49 Mile Scenic Drive on less than a gallon of gas.
Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:21 -0700 -
Two Years At Se
Experimental artist Ben Rivers? feature debut is a beguiling (if patience stretching) journey into solitude, as he observes the wordless wilderness existence of Scottish hermit Jake Williams. It?s technically a doc, but neither Rivers nor his inscrutable subject is interested in backstory; ?Jake? isn?t even named on-screen. We?re left to gauge his motives from his tranquil outdoors lifestyle; a ...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:38:54 -0700 -