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Along the shores of artificial Inya Lake, the empty compound of Aung San Suu Kyi lies within plain sight as couples stroll the path. Her home also is a curious attraction to onlookers from a hotel a minute's walk away.
Gloomy pronouncements from President-elect Barack Obama on the economic crisis:
Britain's retailers are as gloomy about the crucial Christmas trading period as at any time in the last 25 years, the country's biggest business lobby group said Friday.
Before the inaugural euphoria on Capitol Hill comes the gloom.
Hollywood loves a good sequel, but here's one it could do without: Another union strike just months after the town got up and running again from a devastating walkout by writers.
How a Recession Becomes a Depression A recession is the guarded word of last resort for politicians, business leaders and bankers. Economically, a recession is defined as the decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters.
'Doom' rhetoric seen by some as 'not presidential'From crisis to catastrophe. Off a cliff. Dark, darker, darkest. Mortal danger of absolute collapse. Armageddon.
Is President Barack Obama bipolar? What happened to the candidate of hope and change and "Yes, We Can!" that caused the mesmerizing, blind worship of Democrats and mainstream media alike? Where did he go and what has changed? Could he possibly be suffering from a mild case o …
Obama stresses dire economy as he beginsIn hard times, the man in the Oval Office usually is the cheerleader-in-chief, looking ahead optimistically. Not Barack Obama, who is warning that things are dire and bound to get worse.
Russian analyst: U.S. will collapse with secession, civil war in 2009This piece of wisdom is brought to you by the people who codded the oligarchs, brought the U.S./British machine screeching to a halt in Ukraine and Georgia, and most importantly, those who would discredit the idea of a unipolar world...
Can blue collar workers like 'Joe the Plumber' and the busy soccer moms swing the election away from the current Obama leaning trend? The answer is an unequivocal and resounding yes; but why should they. Let's see.
Eugene Robinson|The Debate: The All-Important Grumpiness factor.Here's the politically incorrect way of phrasing one of the central questions about tonight's presidential debate: Did John McCain come across as too much of a grumpy old man?
The Rise of the Rest | Print Article | Newsweek.comAmericans are glum at the moment. No, I mean really glum.
29 things to be happy about / Yes, it's all doom and gloom and war and global warming and Bush. Except when it's notHappiness knows no particular order, and neither does this list:
The Messengers: Viewers lash out at cheerful weather forecasters"Having eight weeks of storms has made a lot of people really crabby," she says.
Talking Ourselves Into DefeatThe United States is talking itself into defeat in Iraq. Its political culture is now in a downward spiral of pessimism. In the halls of Congress, across endless newspaper columns, amid the punditocracy and on Sunday morning talk shows--all emit a Stygian gloom about America.
Americans in danger of 'slavery'Multiple NAFTA-related superhighways could slice the United States into economic and social regions, facilitate crime including drug trafficking and illegal immigration and shift huge amounts of money to the rich, critics of the paving plans have told WorldNetDaily.
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