Bold, black, and brilliant …
This was the year when we saw it all: technical innovations, durable designs, untamed imagination and an amazing surge in sales. Now all that has to be done is deliver the products …

More evolution than Eureka!
BaselWorld and the SIHH in Geneva are magnificent showcases of the world’s watch manufacturers. Although we journalists tend to think that they attend for our benefit, the watch companies participate with one objective: to sell ... and 2006 appears to have been a fabulous year.

Lady Gaga and the pornification of America
“This mornig my little 8-year-old sister…scremed to the tope of her lungs ‘ ! I LOVE LADY GAGA TILL DEATH!’ over and over agin HISTERICLY and crying because she saw a lady gaga video…now she cant talk HEY BUT I LOVE HER TWO HAHAHA.”— Lady Gaga Facebook fan

Train Rolls To 100th Adult Pop Songs No. 1
Train collects its fourth Adult Pop Songs No. 1 - and the 100th leader since the chart launched in the pages of Billboard in March 1996.

Script doctor injected Bond, Superman with deft touch
Tom Mankiewicz, a scriptwriter known for his light touch on several James Bond films, as well as on Superman, has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 68.

Orszag Breaks With Obama on Bush Tax Cuts
President Obama’s former budget director, Peter Orszag, wrote Tuesday that the Bush tax cuts should be extended for two years. (CNN) - Former White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is breaking with President Obama on the controversial election-year issue of whether the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy should be scrapped, declaring in a New [...]

John W. Whitehead: Lady Gaga and the Pornification of America
While Gaga gets stardom, wealth and affirmation out of her young fan base, it is not without a certain amount of trepidation that one wonders what her "little monsters" are getting in return.

World News
Welsh village turns hills and rivers into green cash - Yesterday, 16:08 - AFP It's a modern day dilemma -- how to produce energy without polluting the environment. In the heart of Wales' Brecon Beacons national park, one...

Opinion: Lady Gaga and the Pornification of America
Lady Gaga, a.k.a. the artist formerly known as Stefani Germanotta, is undeniably a musical force to be reckoned with. At least for the moment.

Batman versus Superman as class warfare? Grant Morrison: 'Bruce has a butler, Clark has a boss'
This is Part Two of the Hero Complex interview with Grant Morrison, the Scottish writer who has added a swirl of surreal and touch of the absurd to the top titles at DC Comics. (You can read Part One right...