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Christopher SharBy ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN JANICE RASPEN, a librarian at an elementary school in Fredericksburg, Va., came clean with her book club a couple years ago. They were discussing “A Fine Balance,” a novel set in India in the 1970s by Rohinton Mistry and an Oprah’s…

Aug 1st 2007 | WASHINGTON, DC From Economist.comHow healthy is thet economic engine? AFP  DRIVING around the lush suburbs of Washington, DC, there is little sign of trouble in the American economy. The housing market may have slumped but rental rates are strengthening as the young and…

Vince Natale By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Rupert Murdoch finally won his long-coveted prize yesterday, gaining enough support from the deeply divided Bancroft family to buy Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and one of the world’s most…

Jul 30th 2007 From Economist.comWhere next for the “special relationship”? AFP  Gordon BrownTO ALL outward appearances Gordon Brown’s visit to meet George Bush looked much like those of his predecessor, Tony Blair. On Sunday July 29th Mr Brown arrived in America for the…

Eric Draper/Associated Press In 2000, the Weekly World News reported its phony space alien’s endorsement for George W. Bush. By CATE DOTY In Ed Anger’s America, Vanna White is the perfect role model for Sarah Lee, Mr. Anger’s overweight daughter. Latino immigrants…

Bonniers Hylen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN Ingmar Bergman, the “poet with the camera” who is considered one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died today on the small island of Faro where he lived on the Baltic coast of Sweden,…

Jul 26th 2007 From The Economist print editionWorries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline Getty Images  Get article backgroundTHE population of bugs in a Petri dish typically increases in an S-shaped curve. To start with, the line is flat because the colony is…