Month: October 2016
Pound continues to fall against dollar amid ‘hard Brexit’ fears
Sterling falls 0.3% to $1.2395 as City worries persist about UK’s economic prospects outside EU. The pound has continued to fall against the US dollar as worries persist over the UK’s economic prospects outside the EU. Sterling suffered sharp losses last week as ministers at the Conservative party conference signalled they would opt for a […]
Why the prissy reaction to Ferrante being unmasked? | Catherine Bennett
The latest literary outcry might suggest that readers are rarely interested in the novelist. History disagrees. The first time that someone urged me to read Elena Ferrante, he mentioned her anonymity, along with her evocation of Naples, and her peerless representation of womens friendships, as among her most impressive qualities. This was in 2013, shortly […]
Know when it’s time to fire your doctor
(CNN)Dr. Jerome Groopman knew that he needed to break up with his doctor. Five years ago, when he started seeing his internist, everything was fine. But Groopman says that in time, the internist became more popular — and hence more busy and harried — right when Groopman needed him most. “I have a strong family […]
Canada just did something (else) awesome that the US should copy
(CNN)Nearly everyone who studies climate change policy agrees on one thing: To fix this monster of a problem, governments need to put a price on dangerous carbon pollution. Carbon pricing can take a few forms, and it’s not a cure-all, to be sure. But it is generally considered by climate wonks to be the cheap-but-effective […]
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all the 2016 Nobel Prize laurates!!!