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Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade patterns.
Krugman is controversial--and distinguished.
U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.
In a state where presidential races frequently hang on paper-thin margins, the paper industry's decline could be an issue on Election Day.
Ethanol might have slipped off the national election radar, but it could grow in local importance.
Tina Fey has reached the pinnacle of success as a political impersonator: The former "Saturday Night Live" player has become so good as Sarah Palin that the vice presidential candidate appears to be doing an impression of Fey, not the other way around. Even...
There is a big question that hangs over this presidential campaign: Will a majority of voters give their support to the presidential candidate who is the intellectual in the contest?
The U.N. recently announced global warming is leading inexorably to global catastrophe. Al Gore won the "best documentary" Oscar for his disaster film "An Inconvenient Truth."
Achieving meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases that cause global warming could result in higher taxes and electric bills while also driving up costs for everything from food to electronics. By how much? That's one of the great unknowns, though many of the world's top climate scientists believe that failing to act is a foolhardy risk that could irreversibly harm the planet and cost more in ...
Barton says the U.S. needs balance between domestic energy development, consumption and environmental protection.
Paul Krugman, a relentless critic of the Bush administration, won the Nobel Prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade...
Bush critic is best-known U.S. economist to win prize in decades Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel economics prize yesterday for his work on international trade patterns.
Four weeks before the Nov. 4 Presidential election United States Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., schmoozed with about 200 young professionals — many of them disenchanted Democrats who said they would vote for Republican Presidential nominee John McCain — amid platters of lox and bagels at Reilly McDermott's, a restaurant in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Third-party candidates may have a chance to influence this year's presidential election as the race boils down to key swing states with razor-thin margins.
If a UVU professor and his prediction model are right, not even a rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover will help Republican John McCain move into the White House.
On the surface, the fields of pharmacy, environmental studies and criminal justice may not seem to have much in common.
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