Oct 19 Sweden steps up search for possible ‘foreign underwater activity’ By Carey Reed In a military move not seen since the Cold War, Sweden stepped up a search for possible "foreign underwater activity" in waters located approximately 31 miles from Stockholm Saturday, Reuters reported. Continue reading
Apr 11 Why Sweden, not Switzerland, should be America’s social welfare model By Barbara Bergmann Liberal economist Barbara Bergmann opposes the basic income for all the reasons libertarian economist Charles Murray supports it. Instead of replacing public assistance with a minimum income, she would prefer beefing up existing social welfare programs to be more like… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Stem Cell Scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize in Medicine Stem Cell Scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize in Medicine… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Conversation: Marcus Samuelsson Says “Yes, Chef” In New Memo Conversation: Marcus Samuelsson Says "Yes, Chef" In New Memoir… Continue watching
May 07 Best and Worst Countries for Moms By Jenny Marder Save the Children Report: Best and Worst Countries to be a Mom… Continue reading
Aug 17 Sweden’s Super-Duper Rich By Paul Solman // Update: Watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble? to see the first two parts of Paul Solman's ongoing series of reports on U.S. economic… Continue reading
Aug 12 Wealth: How Does the U.S. Slice the Pie? continued Editor’s Note | Aug. 17, 2011: The middle pie represents the income distribution of Sweden. For more, see ‘Building a Better America–One Wealth Quintile at a Time‘ by Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton. The correct answer was ‘Freedonia’… Continue reading
Oct 07 Thursday’s Art Notes By Tom LeGro In today's arts and culture headlines, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading
Sep 20 Sweden’s Anti-Immigration Party Gains Toehold in Parliament By Larisa Epatko A political party in Sweden seeking a 90 percent reduction in immigration won seats in Parliament for the first time, denying the ruling center-right coalition a majority and raising questions about anti-Muslim sentiment in the country. Continue reading
May 25 Conversation: ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ Arrives in U.S. Bookstores By Tom LeGro "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," the third novel in Stieg Larsson's bestselling "Millennium" trilogy, hit U.S. bookstores Tuesday. The crime novels, published originally in Sweden, center around investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, a tattooed and pierced… Continue reading