[Peace-discuss] Happy New Year

[C. G. Estabrook]

[...from the Financial Times, my current candidate for world's best 
newspaper. --CGE]

	President Clinton, Google grows, $100 oil,
	but no US recession – this is 2008
	Published: December 30 2007 17:48

The FT’s crack corps of pundits had great success in predicting the 
events of 2007. Once again, therefore, we have urged them to throw 
caution to the wind and risk humiliation in the pursuit of glory.

Last time, Edward Luce foresaw Barack Obama’s political trajectory with 
near-clairvoyant accuracy, beaten only by Christopher Brown-Humes, who 
called the turn in the credit cycle. Give that man a $1m bonus. John 
Thornhill predicted Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory in France’s presidential 
race and David Gardner said there would be no US attack on Iran...

Full article at
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb14b4b2-b6fe-11dc-aa38-0000779fd2ac.html