It appears that the European Union and other Basel Committee member countries are on course to launch the new approach read more

It appears that the European Union and other Basel Committee member countries are on course to launch the new approach in 2008, while the United States will implement at least one year later.

Today, our greatest public policy concerns know no borders, ... A global network of public policy schools offers the best read more

Today, our greatest public policy concerns know no borders, ... A global network of public policy schools offers the best opportunity for the academic community to work collectively on multiple intertwined challenges -- from sustainable development to trade to terrorism to public health crises to the protection of human rights worldwide -- and to prepare some of the world's most able graduate students to assume global leadership roles in the coming decades.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Detroit is doing a great job pulling all the elements together. It's our version of the Winter Olympics, and it read more

Detroit is doing a great job pulling all the elements together. It's our version of the Winter Olympics, and it is a Winter Olympics year.

and once it leaves their hands it's someone else's problem.

and once it leaves their hands it's someone else's problem.

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval read more

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy hada life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

We're pleased with our Triple-A roster, particularly the rotation because there are so many good young arms there. It's hard read more

We're pleased with our Triple-A roster, particularly the rotation because there are so many good young arms there. It's hard to handicap teams at Triple-A, because you don't know what the league will be like.

My confidence (defensively) definitely grew as the season went on, and the last month and a half, two months did read more

My confidence (defensively) definitely grew as the season went on, and the last month and a half, two months did wonders for my confidence. Being out there every day after the All-Star break was important, especially when I knew I had to prove everybody wrong, which I've been having to do since college.

Immediately after the injury, nerve cells inside die and others lose their ability to pass on signals.

Immediately after the injury, nerve cells inside die and others lose their ability to pass on signals.