What Standard & Poor’s Got Right
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 13th, 2011 4:36 am by HL
What Standard & Poor’s Got Right
Nothing in my journalistic experience of credit-ratings agencies inclines me to respect their social and political judgment. Whenever someone from a ratings agency sought to enlighten me on the social-policy implications of New York City’s dire finances in the 1970s…
Palestinians will soon come full circle
The Palestinian national liberation movement has reached its end. As the Palestinian leadership – if there is such a legitimate body today – prepares to bring the issue of statehood to the UN this September, the weeks and months ahead…