by Denis Campbell
$700,000,000,000… oh what a relief, it is! With apologies to Alka-Seltzer, one chamber crawled out of the sandbox and reached an unpopular but bi-partisan decision to save global credit markets last night as banks held a Russian Roulette pistol with six chambers full to our heads and yelled, “stop me before I shoot.” 
Crisis [...]

It would be nice: if rules were followed… if fair play was a guiding principle rather than something to smirk at… if those seeking high office did so with seriousness and gravitas instead of throw away lines and inside jokes they think they can get away with… if a situation arose where the appearance of [...]

Senator Ted Kennedy was escorted by police motorcade from Mass. General Hospital in Boston back to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport this afternoon. A smiling Ted waved to reporters and as he has so many times during the tragedy that seems to dog this American family, he spent his time in hospital boosting the spirits [...]

Julio Gallo is seen in this photo toasting Robert Mondavi on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Without Mr. Mondavi, who died peacefully yesterday in his Napa Valley home at the age of 94, Mr. Gallo, his brother Ernest and indeed all of California would forever be known as the world’s largest producer of screw-top, crap, [...]