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News Item: LONDON — Shareholders of SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev on Wednesday approved a deal valued at more than $100 billion to create a giant in the beer industry that would control some of the world’s best-known brands, including Budweiser,… more »

...And there ain’t no Plan B pill to take. There was the debate which, in hindsight, seems to have been predictable. Hillary Clinton came across as calm, confident and prepared enough to bait the undisciplined Donald Trump into making his usual quota of… more »

If you are, like hundreds of million others, watching tonight’s Presidential debate between Hillary “The Fox” Clinton and Donald “Der Furher” Trump, I have a suggestion to make the spectacle more entertaining: Judge it as if it were a gymnastics or… more »

In my younger years, when I was a part-time football coach at a local college, a topic frequently discussed in staff meetings was identifying the factors that made for a winning approach. These discussions was surprisingly philosophical in nature, often… more »

Perhaps it’s the euphoria inspired by the successes of our Olympic athletes washing over us that has elevated the public mood. Or, perhaps it is just the mood in the New York Times newsroom. Today’s Times’ editorial page features pieces by conservative… more »

For starters, let’s stipulate that most “gun control” bills proposed in Congress the last few years have been symbolic assurances meant to soothe the segment of the public concerned with the issue of gun violence. They fall short of being effective… more »