Gruesome video of ‘champagne’ destruction

I just got an URGENT e-mail from the Office of Champagne U.S.A. informing me that Belgian Customs authorities seized and destroyed a shipment of over 3,200 bottles of André sparkling wine. The shipment was seized at the port of Anvers, Belgium, on Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of seizures in the last [...]

Of archaic banks and egghead financial journalists who want to keep America poor

A reader writes: I recently read your article ["Reward the Good Guys"] in a September 10, 2007 issue of Time. It certainly makes me curious why you believe the tightening of money for mortgages is a good thing; also, why you think that it might better be in the domain of banks and thrifts? Do [...]