Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Why has the Euro left been doing so badly with the Euro working class lately? Not to give too much away, but ... Some of it's down to i-m-m-i-g-r-a-t-i-o-n. * Dean Baker thinks

Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- I'm back from a three-week trip to France. My recent articles were written before I left and Michael was kind enough to post them while I was away. Now I have to work my

Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Does it now make more sense to rent rather than buy? * Her car needs work, so Awake in Rochester has been taking the bus lately. She isn't very happy about it. *

Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Tony and Peggy Comstock (of the very interesting alt-porn company Comstock Films) have started a new blog/community on the theme of: What to do when you take your digital camera into the bedroom.

Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Scottish jokester-musicians Gus and Fin deliver some rousing, even kickass, Ramones covers: Vaguely related: I raved about another great punk band, Gang of Four. Best, Michael...

Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDN) announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the business and assets and all technology and intellectual property related to ballistic combat and non-combat h...

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Framework for Chemical Risk Management under REACH. Written by Steffen Erler who is a recognized authority in regulatory and research consultanc...

Veeco Instruments Inc., manufactures enabling solutions for customers in the HB-LED, solar, data storage, semiconductor, scientific research and industrial markets, will again co-sponsor the MBE Innov...

Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional groups presen...

Polymer Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA; POLGB) today announced it will close its North Little Rock, Ark., plant and consolidate certain manufacturing operations in its Benson, N.C., plant to m...

Veeco Instruments Inc., manufactures enabling solutions for customers in the HB-LED, solar, data storage, semiconductor, scientific research and industrial markets, will again co-sponsor t...

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: APDN), sells patented DNA security solutions to protect products, brands and intellectual property from counterfeiting and diversion, announced today tha...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics, announc...

Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional group...

Six scientists from The University of Queensland, one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions, have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into area...

Central Park SummerStage - New York City's eclectic annual festival of free outdoor concerts - kicks off June 12 with a performance by the New York Pops joined by acclaimed singer/songwriter Josh Ritter.

Intensive" is the operative word at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy Summer Intensive, where young dancers get a taste of what a career in dance is really like. The Academy is the only six-week program of its kind in the

Harris Green discusses the unique importance of character roles in the ballet repertoire and speaks to various members of American Ballet Theatre about the art of fusing theatrics with dance.

On Thursday morning, President Barack Obama decided to see what happened when America and the Muslim world stopped being polite and started getting real. In an hour-long speech in Cairo, Egypt, Obama bluntly discussed seven of the most vexing problems

This first appeared on the .EconocideBody Count 3By Nick TurseAfter David B. Kellermann, the chief financial officer of beleaguered mortgage giant Freddie Mac, tied a noose and hanged himself in the basement of his Vienna, Virginia, home, the New York