- Obama agonistes.
- Columbus, OH shows signs of turning.
- American obstacle to Copenhagen climate change treaty. Stephens says don't expect much.
- 50 people who decide the fate of the world's economy.
- PBooth is persuasive as to how excessive govt regulation fucked things up.
- China, India locking horns.
- Skapinker on executives turned politicians.
- China's energy imperialism meets some limits.
- Brittan says if there is no C or I, there can only be G.
- Smartphone review - the Droid.

- British theatre in rude good health, but for how long?
- The world's most surreal landscapes. Been to the Painted Desert meself.
- Old Q&A with David "Smike" Dawson who as Gethin Price has won unstinting praise for his work in Griffiths' Comedians.
- The top 100 movies of the decade. Haven't seen many at all.
- More nuanced analysis of the East German economy, high tech and depopulation.
- Banks rush to pay back TARP.
- Long profile of Dick Armey in the NYT Mag. He was head of the econ dept at UNT once upon a time!
- 100 things restaurant staff should never do. First of two parts.
- The credit crunch rolls on and on. This time in US commercial real estate.
- Who was Sander Thoenes?
- Iron ore wars.

- Anne Applebaum quotes Wordsworth to commemorate the fall of the Wall.
- Abu Dhabi reimagined.
- Galleon brought down by a Bangladeshi couple among others.
- Ambanis still fighting.
- Russia Germany best buddies!
- Jerry Morris dead at 99. Levi-Strauss dead at 100.
- Wolf's thoughts on the anniversary of the Fall. Interesting piece of contrarianism from Wolfgang Hummel in the WSJ.
- Ken Feinberg, Obama's pay tsar.
- Sad interview with Dame Maggie Smith dealing with crisis and solitude.

- Volcker retreats from Glass-Steagall.
- Wolf at his influential best analyzes private and public savings behaviour in the last five years.
- Dollar declinism on the rise.
- For the future of IT, as for so many other things, look east.
- In search of a functioning tax credit system to encourage businesses to hire.
- Obama dithering on Afghanistan, but two academics point a way out and snub McChrystal.
- John Kay in supreme form - this defence of the market system for its role in driving innovation is a candidate for article of the month.
- How Santander rose to the top of the banking world.

- The kid who interrogated Goering.
- Muchau says keep the fiscal stimuli but apply monetary tightening now.
- Ron McKinnon says raise interest rates now - he gives three reasons, only one easy to follow!
- QPeel denounces the Tories on Europe.
- This book title sells itself - Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age.
- Why working till 70 opens up awesome prospects for all of us. Thanks, Lucy!
- Maconie on Middle England, Brief Encounter and Yes, I remember Adlestrop.
- Frank in Rich form - the GOP eats itself.
- Tony Jackson says bankers' bluff? Call it!
- Peter Tasker says the outlook for the Chinese credit bubble is truly grim.
- Brady Dougan, CEO of Cresit Suisse. They've had a 'good' recession.
- Crook argues that US regulators are shooting at the wrong target.
- F1's long march to the east.