March 30, 2010 at 8:51 am
Do you know what a serving of wine looks like? Joan explains that the look of wine glasses can be deceiving:
March 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm
In the biggest bipartisan display since Obama took office, 90 Democrats and 40 Republicans wrote a the Treasury and Commerce secretaries demanding that China appreciate its currency or face a financial duty. But, as international relations Professor Kevin Gallagher explains in a Politico commentary, appreciating the Chinese currency still won’t regain lost U.S. jobs. “Rather […]
March 29, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Hear School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman’s thoughts on the Healthcare Bill: He can be reached at 617-353-3213 or Hardin@bu.edu.
March 26, 2010 at 11:24 am
The Obama administration announced a new strategy to fight home foreclosure, including requiring lenders to cut or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many jobless homeowners. School of Management Finance & Economics Department chair Professor Jack Aber says some borrowers may unfairly benefit at the expense of others, but breaking the impass still makes sense. “Purging […]
March 25, 2010 at 2:15 pm
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (r.) is being challenged from within his own party by former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (l.). The challenge could split Sarkozy’s ruling conservative party in the 2012 elections. International relations Professor William Keylor reminds that Villepin was the aristocratic French foreign minister who scolded U.S. Secretary of State Powell during the U.N. debate […]
March 24, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is indeed ill, suffering from kidney failure requiring dialysis. International Relations Professor William Keylor, an authority on U.S. foreign policy, says the absence of a system of succession could become a critical obstacle to the resumption of the six-party nuclear disarmament talks. “Reports of discontent within the […]
March 24, 2010 at 10:21 am
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu got a cool reception from the Obama White House, as a dispute over new housing settlements in East Jerusalem continues to roil U.S.-Israeli relations. International Relations Professor Augustus Richard Norton, a Middle-East authority, says in his blog that Netanyahu operates within an ideology that basically rejects a two-state solution with the Palestinians […]
March 23, 2010 at 10:22 am
U.S. “Pay Czar” Ken Feinberg is writing all 419 firms that took taxpayer bailout money — not just the big seven taking TARP bucks — seeking to review their executive compensation, and maybe asking for some bucks back. Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, says the deep review is appropriate and […]
March 23, 2010 at 8:53 am
After Internet search giant Google redirected millions of Chinese users too its uncensored Web site in Hong Kong, the Chinese government countered by blocking access to the alternate site. Political science and international relations Professor Joseph Fewsmith, a China expert, says move by the government that insists on censorship wasn’t a surprise. “I’m surprised Google […]
March 22, 2010 at 11:17 am
President Obama said it was answering “the call to history” when the House passed the Senate’s version of healthcare reform and sent the bill to his desk for signing. Political Science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective,” says GOP unity in opposition shows how far right the party has moved on […]
