epilogue

The French President, Nikolas Sarkozy, recently made comments against muslim women wearing the burqa. A ban may succeed in getting passed by the Parliament. But, is it right to do so?

As the United States awaits its 44th President, my hopes on the revival of the world economy has dwindled further since the last time I wrote on this topic. EU countries, France especially, wants greater control of its banks. Greece and Italy are already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, and after suffering heavy losses [...]

On January 8, 2009, president-elect Barack Obama predicated that the US might have lost the most jobs in 2008 since the Second World War. He was right: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment data on Friday (Jan 9) showing an unemployment rate of 7.2%. Worse, the unemployed numbers were revised downwards by 1,54,000 for November and December 2008. Around [...]