Stock analysts shake their heads over CEOs with “edifice complexes,” building fancy headquarters despite their cost, but one financial observer thinks that a boom in large buildings could mean something worse than an out of control ego.Barclays analyst Andrew Lawrence theorizes that a skyscraper boom is very often followed closely by economic turmoil. He gives […]

Via Meadia has spilled a lot of virtual ink trying to reassure parts of the blogosphere that the “Christianists” aren’t coming in the middle of the night to lock us all up.  Whether responding to alarmism about supposed power surges by “dominionists” or Mormons, we keep pointing out that while there are all kinds of […]

Updating the Age of Apocalypse trend in 2012 seems fitting considering this is the year that believers in Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar doomsday scenario think will be our last. Of course, 2011 was also supposed to be our last, according to fringe Christian fundamentalist Harold Camping, whose creative Biblical tinkering yielded May 21, 2011 […]

If you have just entered the workforce in the last couple of years, the recession probably hit you hard. You’ve had a tough time finding jobs, and you’ve taken a hit in the wallet.  But that doesn’t mean that things are getting easier for your grandparents either. The WSJ reports that seniors are increasingly looking […]

The Turkish pot is calling the French kettle black, as AK Prime Minister Erdogan denounced France’s foolish and illiberal law criminalizing the denial of genocides, including the massacres of Armenians in modern Turkey during World War One.Somewhat hysterically, Erdogan warned of the “footsteps of fascism” in France over the bill.  In fact it was the […]

Regular Via Meadia readers will know that the new Great Game in Asia, in contrast to its land-locked 19th century predecessor, is largely a water sport. Nowhere is the dynamic relationship between the US and China more tense and more intimate than on the high seas, owing, as this WSJ article notes, to the amphibious […]

Between the travails of the U.S. Postal Service and the slower shrinkage of the public sector at the state and local level, the dependence of African Americans on government and quasi-government employment will create problems as both wages and employment in the public sector come under pressure.But there is also some good news from the […]

The Blue Model is on the way out. What should come next?

A recent article in the New York Times should send chills down the spine of CEOs everywhere. The Times reports that in recent tests, Boston company Rapid7 found that a number of business teleconferencing systems are highly vulnerable to hackers, who could exploit security holes to eavesdrop on company meetings, many containing classified information. With […]

Mad scientist looking for crazy rich person to pursue long-term in vitro experimentation. Open relationship can include greens. Must love meat. That’s what Dr. Vladimir Mironov’s ad might look like if there were an online singles site specifically for people proposing to save the world. A year ago, Via Meadia reported on Dr. Mironov’s attempt […]