No doubt the world needs a formidable lender of last resort, for which the IMF seems best suited.

CNN: Bright Ideas

That way, they could decide which of several cosmological theories, each of which now seems equally plausible, was best supported by the evidence.

ECONOMIST: Radio telescopes

Given the proposed wording of the rule and the apparent nature of the trade, which seems to have started out as an attempt to hedge risk, that assertion is at best a stretch.

ECONOMIST: A scramble to benefit from a bad trade

Moreover, he says, the drug seems to work best in patients with the cholesterol-related genetic disorder, which is unexpected but could be a big help for these patients, who are at risk for heart attacks and strokes.

FORBES: Pfizer: Still In The Game

Shelley seems to have tried to avoid the problem by going for the best green tea which, unlike black tea, was smooth and sweetish by itself.

ECONOMIST: Sugar

Whatever the defects in Muslim eyes of American foreign policy, the United States has a substantial Muslim population which on the whole seems pretty comfortable there, and has produced some of the world's best Islamic thinkers.

ECONOMIST: Islam, America and Europe