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Many years ago the notorious business tycoon Sir James Goldsmith sued a satirical magazine for criminal libel, rather than civil libel, under a statute few people knew existed. He justified this by saying that if someone makes false claims about a person...

There are reasons no Americans rank showed up at the recent memorial for the victims of the recent event in Paris. It is termed an “event” as terrorist attacks go, this one may be the least credible in history. This week, the BBC reported that the US apologized...

Over the past approximate quarter century of so-called economic globalization, Wall Street’s ability to be the home of the only dominant “global” rating agencies to bestow ratings on the credit-worthiness of the world has been one of the most effective weapons of...