The World: In Fear and Scandal, Some Find a New Drum to Beat
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There was a time the words âMade in Chinaâ immediately evoked âshoddy.â Lately, many Americans are thinking âdanger.â
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Running a media or entertainment company in the 21st century is not for the faint of heart. The change is relentless and the learning curve sharp.
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There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.
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Conducting the Tehran Symphony Orchestra requires some adjustments. Money is scarce. The female musicians wear headscarves. An old favorite such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 could mean criticism from conservative quarters.
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WARSAW -- The new scandal mesmerizing Poland seems lifted from a Cold War dossier: Spies, oil traders, a polo player, and a billionaire are tangled in a rumored plot by Moscow to manipulate its smaller neighbor.
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There is a rough science to choosing performance-enhancing music.
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Ever wonder why fear-mongering seems to work so well at the pollsâwhile appeals to reason often leave the electorate cold? A new book applies neuroscience to politics to figure out why the Democrats struggle to push the buttons in voters' brains.
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As the 2004 election approaches, groups everywhere are springing into action to get the word out about their candidate. But one group is already in the spotlight: musicians and rockers who come out to support the party.
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Given the radical image changes that  Panic at the Disco has undergone in the past year, it's hard  not to read the lyrics to its new album's opening song as a  pre-emptive strike against critics.
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When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious.
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Some of them should be more worried than you are.
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In large swaths of the country, there is a campaign in the shadows, where candidates, ordinarily eager to get their messages to the public, are often too terrified to say their names.
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As the country prepares for local elections on Sunday, many are finding that the murder and intimidation that once defined politics here are diminishing.
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On Wall Street there has always been a spirit of understanding for those who merely help others to deceive, but that is changing.
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For many men, loyalty is sacred. Except when it isn't.
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Recent arrests appear part of a new zero-tolerance policy toward anybody who challenges the governing partyâs monopoly on power.
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New music is always plentiful in New York, if you look beyond the New York Philharmonic and the two big opera companies. But even that qualification may change soon.