Author: Melanchthon

From Roubini Global Economics newsletter: RGE – The world is at severe risk of a global systemic financial meltdown and a severe global depressionThe US and advanced economies’ financial system is now headed towards...

On February 20, in the Financial Times, Martin Wolf finally acknowledged the situation of the American economy and the seriousness of the threats it is facing: America’s economy risks mother of all meltdowns. Quoting...

Lucie Aubrac, one of the great figures of the French Resistance, has passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Lucie Aubrac was born Lucie Bernard on June 29 , 1912 in the region of Mâcon. Before the war, she studied History...

For those of us non-Americans who, like me, have been following the evolution of US politics and the Progressives’ fight against the Bush/Cheney administration, the 2006 mid-term elections landslide has been a great...

French troops had bin Laden in sights (Yahoo) PARIS (Reuters) – A documentary says French special forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights twice about three years ago but their U.S. superiors never ordered them to...