How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard

Posts on Monday, November 10, 2008

My father's vote
From Adlai Stevenson to Barack Obama, a life of writing, voting, disappointment and triumph.

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A name China scholars will remember
John "Beginning Chinese" DeFrancis passes away. Who knew he once tangled with Senator Joe McCarthy?
Friday, Jan 9, 2009 00:12 EST
Obama: "A clean break from a troubled past"
The president-elect makes his case to the nation for immediate action on the economy. Let's hope Senate Republicans were listening.
Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 20:12 EST
Even Wal-Mart gets the blues
Cutbacks in discretionary spending take their toll, even at the "low-price leader"
Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 17:26 EST
How humans cooled the earth -- 500 years ago
After pandemics caused a mass die-off in the New World, farmland turned to forest and temperatures dropped
Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 03:05 EST

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A conversation about globalization.

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Obama: "A clean break from a troubled past"
The president-elect makes his case to the nation for immediate action on the economy. Let's hope Senate Republicans were listening.
Even Wal-Mart gets the blues
Cutbacks in discretionary spending take their toll, even at the "low-price leader"
How humans cooled the earth -- 500 years ago
After pandemics caused a mass die-off in the New World, farmland turned to forest and temperatures dropped

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