Saturday 21 November 2009

ON THE AGENDA

Will Too Much Debt Fuel A Double-Dip Recession?

Francie Grace
Nov 20, 2009

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to comment on America's looming national debt. "It is important," said Mr.

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Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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FACING UP TO THE
Nation's Finances

National Debt Clock

Another First Likely For The U.S. Supreme Court

A Supreme Court justice, says President Obama, should "know how the world works and how ordinary people live." His nominee is federal judge Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in a Bronx housing project. She'd be the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the Supreme Court. A recent Gallup poll suggests race and gender don't loom large on the radar for the public as a whole: 68 percent said it doesn't matter if a Hispanic is nominated; 74 percent said it doesn't matter if an African-American is nominated; and 64 percent said it doesn't matter if a woman is nominated..