What no one says (but everyone recognizes) is that recessions are a grim sort of industrial policy. They promote efficiency and punish sloppiness. The deep downturn of the early 1980s helped rehabilitate U.S. manufacturing. Old plants were shut, and survivors streamlined. Now, a wide swath of the service sector may undergo a similarly shattering upheaval. It’s already starting. The airline and banking industries are in the throes of major consolidations....
Here’s a reality check. While U.S. military and intelligence officials have occasionally suggested that Iran might be supporting Sunni militants, including Al Qaeda in Iraq, they have not publicly provided evidence of it. The two top U.S. commanders in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus and his deputy, Gen. Ray Odierno, have not repeated such allegations. U.S. officials said last year they had indications that some Iranian munitions intended for Shiite militias might have ended up in Qaeda hands, but they said there was no hard evidence that this help was deliberate....
Public fatigue over the war in the Iraq is not reflected solely in the president’s numbers, however. Congress is criticized by nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of Americans for not being assertive enough in challenging the Bush administration’s conduct of the war. Even a third (31 percent) of rank-and-file Republicans say the previous Congress, controlled by their party, didn’t do enough to challenge the administration on the war. Still, the new poll, which examined the preferences of registered Democrats for their party’s presidential nomination in 2008, shows that Sen....
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Buchanan may seem a suddenly new political force, but in fact he is part of a long tradition. It is one of popular anger against concentrated economic power–and of searching for enemies on which to blame problems and anxieties. Buchanan is a native of Washington, a veteran White House aide and a master of the “Crossfire” pun-dit culture, but his brawling, anti-estab-lishment campaign descends from rougher figures like Long, Coughlin and George Wallace....
Known in French as “a place of radiance,” owing to its abundant sunshine and usually cloudless skies, Oran has been under curfew since mid-May after weeks of total lockdown. Camus, who would later win the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote just after World War II about a silent epidemic in the city that killed the high and the low, often unpredictably. “Today we face an invisible enemy,” said professor Lellou Salah, president of the Scientific Council of the University of Science and Technology of the Oran-Mohamed-Boudiaf Hospital, where he studies tuberculosis....
For some restive franchisees, the last straw was the recent departure of Burger King’s CEO, Dennis Malamatinas, who left through the revolving door in the company’s executive suite to join a dot-com. Now Burger King is searching for its seventh CEO in 11 years. It is also likely to replace its advertising agency, Lowe Lintas & Partners. Sales at established U.S. stores have been down. the first half of this year, thanks in part to a limp ad campaign featuring the less than memorable slogan “Got the urge?...
President Bush nominates Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. A former Yale classmate of Anita Hill’s calls Nan Aron, a Thomas opponent, and suggests that Thomas sexually harassed Hill. Aron relays the tip to the staff of Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. A Metzenbaum aide telephones Hill and mentions rumors of sexual harassment, but Hill makes no allegations. An aide to Sen. Ted Kennedy asks Hill similar questions....
A is for Age Fraud: The beautiful game has been ravaged deep in the grassroots level by age fudging for decades. It has become a matter of high priority for FIFA and the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) to ensure that this does not affect the tournament. However, we list down as to how to protest against age cheating. B is for Ball: The official match ball for the tournament is the Krasava....
The star wide receiver, who has yet to play this season because of an ankle injury, will miss the Bengals’ matchup with the Steelers in Pittsburgh and there’s still no timetable for his return, coach Zac Taylor told reporters Tuesday. “I don’t expect him to practice this week,” Taylor said, via Cincinnati.com. “I guess that would be the update. He continues to make good progress on the rehab field. I really hate to make a prediction on what his timeline is....
Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold reported Friday night that the 38-year-old catcher were working out a contract with the Cardinals, who are without injured star Yadier Molina and are looking for a better stopgap than Tony Cruz and George Kottaras. Those reports were confirmed on Saturday. Rosenthal and Goold reported that Pierzynski traveled to Chicago, where the Cardinals are playing the Cubs in a weekend series, and would join the team Saturday....
As Harang's pitch count increased on a chilly evening, it seemed doubtful manager Fredi Gonzalez would let him go the distance. Harang worked around six walks, including two in the sixth inning and another pair in the seventh. Harang (3-1) left for a pinch hitter during a long, four-run eighth. He was never in the on-deck circle — the decision had already been made that he was done. MORE: Mets trade Ike Davis to Pirates | MLB scoreboard...
The impending blizzard, which would drop up to two feet of snow in the northeastern United States, has resulted in school closings and sporting event postponements. Now it has pushed back the start of the trial to decide whether the former Patriots tight end shot and killed 27-year-old Odin Lloyd on June 16, 2013. MORE: Hernandez murder case timeline Bristol County Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh said last Thursday she expected a jury to be seated by Monday and for the trial to begin on Tuesday....
In a filing Tuesday in Fall River Superior Court, the prosecution listed more than a dozen instances in which it says it has evidence contradicting Shayanna Jenkins’ testimony to the grand jury investigating the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd. PHOTOS: Hernandez investigation | Disgraced athletes Jenkins has pleaded not guilty to perjury. Defense attorney Janice Bassil has moved to dismiss the charge. A message left Wednesday for Bassil seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned....
The 37-year-old needs two touchdown passes to equal Joe Flacco’s record for the most consecutive postseason games with at least two passing touchdowns in NFL history. Rodgers, the bookmakers’ favorite to be named NFL MVP this season, has thrown for at least two touchdowns in his last seven playoff appearances, dating back to a 35-18 win against Washington in the Wild Card Round of the 2015 season. Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw and New Orleans Saints star Drew Brees are the only other quarterbacks to have put together at least two touchdown passes in seven consecutive playoff games....
Aaron Rodgers’ last two offseasons with the Packers have been nothing short of eventful. Trade requests, trading jabs with the front office, and a reported impending split resulted in … a brand new contract that will lock Rodgers in Green Bay for the next few seasons, presumably, through the end of his career. Rodgers cashed in big on his back-to-back MVP seasons with a big bag of cash from Green Bay....
The Packers quarterback teamed up with Bryson DeChambeau to face off against the pairing of Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson in “The Match 4” on Tuesday afternoon. While the fairway is different from the gridiron, Rodgers demonstrated an innate ability to wiggle out of tough situations. When asked who’s going to be under center for Packers vs. Bears this year, Rodgers provided a total, complete non-answer, proving wholly unsatisfactory for those of us begging for any bit of update on his situation with the Packers....
Green Bay racked up 205 yards and nine first downs in the first half. The team kept the ball moving frequently against a porous Detroit defense. However, the Packers couldn’t find success in the red zone. That was largely thanks to poor play from their quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has typically been one of the NFL’s best red-zone quarterbacks during his career. But against the Lions, he sputtered badly near the goal line and threw two interceptions that denied the Packers scoring opportunities....
Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters that Rodgers was ruled out this week. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported earlier in the day that Green Bay was expected to play without him again this week. MORE: Week 16 picks | Win cash at DraftStreet "As an organization, we are not ready for Aaron Rodgers to play," McCarthy said. This will be the seventh consecutive week that Rodgers has been sidelined. Rodgers has been sidelined since he fractured his collarbone in Week 9 against Chicago....
