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The leadership lessons of Chairman Rupert
Rupert Murdoch has endured more crises during his 80-plus years than Richard Nixon and Odysseus combined.
Both sides losing austerity fight
As fans of economic stimulus warned, fiscal austerity only slows down recovery. But what used to be considered large doses of stimulus are hardly doing much better. More of one or the other might work, but it increasingly looks like neither approach can end the Lesser Depression.
Silent Spring’s 50th anniversary: What would Rachel Carson say now?
Rachel Carson's legacy looms huge today. Many people have the impression that climate disruption is the worst environmental problem humanity faces, and indeed, its consequences may be catastrophic. But the spread of toxic chemicals from pole to pole may be the dark horse in the race.
Facebook’s board needs more than Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook was aiming to add a sharp level of diversity to its board with its choice of Sheryl Sandberg, but she will not be enough to fix the company's problems.
News Corp loses its news
"In a way," says Jeffrey Goldfarb today, "the scandal may have been the best thing to happen to News Corp", on the grounds that Hackgate is likely to end up forcing Rupert Murdoch to spin off his newspapers, along with HarperCollins, into a new, separate company.
An altruistic immigration policy
Immigration advocates rejoiced at the Supreme Court and Barack Obama's decisions to ease restrictions on illegal immigrants. But there's another option that would do good at home and abroad: a formal effort to give jobs to foreign workers.
The tax man who could change the 2012 campaign
Thanks to a perennially paralyzed FEC, it might be up to an IRS bureaucrat to force hidden political donors into the light of day and so transform the 2012 campaign's money dynamic.MOST COMMENTED
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