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I was reviewing World War I history with my son yesterday. The global-scale conflict started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914.  This event set in motion a series of diplomatic incidents that led inexorably to the...

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Just whatever you want. It's going to take really, really big breaking news for me to post anything. UPDATE by Leslie Eastman: As I read this, I suddenly realized why it was going to take "big breaking news". So, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish Professor Jacobson...

How low is low? Has real estate bottomed out? Via @TheBubbleBubble, some advice about not thinking the real estate bubble is done imploding: I'd have no business whatsoever buying houses until this demographic tsunami is well underway, which years from now: businessinsider.com/matt-kings-mos…— Jesse Colombo(@TheBubbleBubble) March 25,...

Bowdoin Professor Sarah Conly's "Three Cheers for the Nanny State," published in the Sunday New York Times, has done a great service to those of us who think Mayor Bloomberg is alone in his attempts to gloss over limited powers and the role of government,...

Okay, mixed references here. There was initial euphoria in the markets that a deal was made to steal depositors' money, but now the reality is sinking in, Rand flat as Cyprus euphoria wanes: THE euphoria surrounding the Cyprus bail-out fizzled out in late trade on Monday, causing...

So the EU has reached a deal to bail out Cyprus, but unlike the prior proposal, there will be no tax levied on anyone. Insured deposits under 100,000 Euros will be safe and transferred to a new "good" bank, but the losses will be concentrated on...

Was traveling most of the day and then meetings. I hear Syria has gone from worse to worser, and Egypt is not far behind. By morning Eastern time we may know if Cyprus implodes financially. Any good news? Tomorrow night is the first night of Passover.  Seems like good timing...

Cyprus has certainly shaken up the world. Our Congress is now addressing concerns over the European Union demands that a percentage of Cypriot deposits be seized before it bails-out the banks on the Mediterranean island.  There are reports that Cyprus still may seize bank accounts, but...

A planned AFL-CIO rally for today to defend Saturday mail delivery may have been a bit premature after the  Government Accountability Office is claiming that the USPS cannot, by law, cut mail delivery to fewer than 6 days. Bloomberg News reports: The service is bound by law...

A $5 million, 400-foot pedestrian bridge recently unveiled in Brooklyn, NY, is turning into a blue vs. blue sparring match. Liberal site Gothamist's negative review of the "bouncy zig-zag structure" is at odds with the positive reviews from the New York Times, which reported that it...