Past and present in Rome. Photo by Danielle Voirin. Prior cover: Heather.
A look at the weekend’s economic news, as Europe experiences the bailout with the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy presenting their own bailout plans, and the US floods three banks with as much money as they can handle.
Politics is a sort of blank canvas by which world-view and personal power trips can be colored. The candidates are doing it by characterizing what it is they imagine to be our greatest desires for this country. We are doing it by watching the candidates like vultures for any gaff, bad joke or bad hair day.
The continuation of Eric’s Aushwitz/Birkenau photo series, and an excerpt from poet Adrienne Rich.
The Fear of Looking Stupid A Planet Waves reader writes in, with ideas about computer geeks, the global market and the financial crisis.
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