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…n presidential retreat in the forested Catoctin hills north of Washington, I felt none of those things. Yes, I was disappointed. I realised that what had happened over the last 14 days, or more crucially what had not happened, was bound to have serious consequences, both for me p...

…an Hurling competitor in Ireland Actor on hit TV series in mainland China and Hong Kong (Human Cargo) How I got to this point is a tad less glamorous: 1977 Born 6 weeks premature and given a 10% chance of living. I survive instead and grow so fat that I can’t roll onto my stomach...

…arranged for any journalists to meet him in Hong Kong and, as far as US intelligence could determine, he had no known appointments there. Even so, Snowden carried the digital copies he had made of the top-secret NSA documents to Hong Kong. General Michael Hayden, who served both...

…out what I find of both in economics. And a problem I try to solve, not wish away, is the danger of losing sight of the points on which Pangloss was right. My verse and music try to remind us. And I’ll admit a bias for the surprises my title promises. I love upending what we had...

…ar us in the restaurant. Chinese often eat out in private rooms, and the best restaurants are usually warrens of well-appointed secret spaces, a reminder that in China door after door after door leads to ever more secure sanctums—think of the nested power architecture of the Forb...

…e stopped talking about Wiener, but today, his Cybernetic Idea has been so widely adopted that it’s internalized to the point where it no longer needs a name. It’s everywhere, it’s in the air, and it’s a fitting a place to begin. New Technologies=New Perceptions Before AI, there...

…ation of Criminal Defense Lawyers) filed a suit on my behalf, challenging the constitutionality of the abortion law. He pointed out that the district attorney had no power to investigate the violation of an unconstitutional law, and therefore he could not force me to testify....

…rime victims should have rights during criminal investigations, using the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) as the focal point for our discussion. This is a critical issue, as many criminal cases may never proceed to formal charging. If crime victims have no rights during criminal...

…rime victims should have rights during criminal investigations, using the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) as the focal point for our discussion. This is a critical issue, as many criminal cases may never proceed to formal charging. If crime victims have no rights during criminal...

…rime victims, such as the right to be notified of court hearings, to attend those hearings, and to speak at appropriate points in the process. 2 But along with these specific rights came the sweeping requirement that crime victims "be treated with fairness and with respect for th...

…ly two men, stories like theirs have been recounted hundreds of times, all over the globe and across time. This pattern points to common mechanisms, identified in detail by the sciences of human nature. Stangl was a politically motivated man with a burning desire to climb to the...

…orrying about a US recession and deflation. US 5Y5Y forward breakeven inflation rates actually troughed at 1.8% at that point. Four months later we were worrying about the deflationary impact of Brexit. Now we are thinking about the reflation under a Trump Presidency. Chart 9: US...

on a secluded cove on the Point Salines peninsula

…certain exactly what we were 8 doing. I need to see all the documents to tell you 9 what we were doing at what specific point in time. 1 0 Q. What made you decide to start doing this? 1 1 A. I started doing it out of greed and the need 1 2 to support the law firm, which was havin...

…oving so any fiscal stimulus helps. Our economists have both growth and inflation higher into 2017 and 2018. Inflection point in markets but much discounted already Market moves at turning points are often violent. The task of investors is to work out how much is already discount...