The “Breaking Bad” school The best show on television is also a first-rate primer on business By J. Steven Perry Extrait Three things help our chemistry teacher turn an insight into a flourishing business. The first is huge ambition. He is not in the “meth business” or the “money business”, he says. He is in…
This beautiful collection from the Library of Congress traces the multitude of cultures and voices that inform American music, from Irish hymns to Indian ragas. Educators will find rich resources on the page, starting with the Educator’s Guide to Songs of America, but also covering topics like Stand Up and Sing: Music and Our Reform…
L’artiste chouchou de SNC Lavalin, Saïf Al-Islam, un des fils de Kadhafi, a été condamné à mort par contumace Libération Le procès, ouvert en avril 2014, a été critiqué par les défenseurs des droits de l’Homme et marqué par un différend toujours en cours avec la Cour pénale internationale (CPI), qui souhaite juger Seif al-Islam….
Deadbeat Governments by James Surowiecki, The Financial Page of the New Yorker IT is the season for taking retirement benefits away from public workers. In Detroit, an emergency manager has steered the city into bankruptcy, in part to avoid its pension obligations. In Illinois, the legislature just passed a bill cutting pensions and raising the retirement age for…
