On the Radar: May 10, 2010

Obama Nominates Kagan as Justice
By Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times
President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation’s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on cases critical to his view of the country’s future, Democrats close to the White House said Sunday. Continue Reading
 
British coalition talks continue as parties focus on deficit
By Dan Balz, The Washington Post
Inside the stately buildings of Whitehall in the shadow of Big Ben, party leaders trying to forge a government hunkered down for talks this weekend with a 167-billion-pound elephant in the room: the British budget deficit. Continue Reading
 
Forget change, voters want safety
By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Last week's British election was important as much for what didn't happen as for what did. The opposition Conservative Party won the most votes, but it didn't win a clear majority of seats in Parliament.  Continue Reading
 
Five Greek Myths, 2010 Version
By David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal
Economist Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland is enjoying more celebrity than usually accrues to scholarly geeks thanks to a well-timed book, “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, co-authored with Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff. Continue Reading

Posted: Mon, 05/10/2010 - 11:36am