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Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher

Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher Readers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean made bestsellers last year of The Da Vinci Code and the latest Harry Potter adventure, but British publishers for only the second time in 20 years churned out more new book choices than their American counterparts. U.S. output dropped for the first time since 1999 while the number of British titles surged 28 percent, according to new data from research firm Bowker. Britain, with one-fifth the population of the United States, has long been the worlds largest publisher of new books per capita in any language, but a

FALLON TO HAVE STINT IN AMERICA

FALLON TO HAVE STINT IN AMERICA Kieren Fallon is to have a spell riding at Santa Anita this winter, according to reports from America. The six-times British champion spent time in Gulfstream Park last winter before successfully teaming up with top Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. It is believed he will arrive in California in time to ride at Santa Anita on Boxing Day. Although the Santa Anita season runs through to April 23, Fallon will return in plenty of time for the start of the European Flat season in March. "He's going to try to stay as long as he can," Fallon's new American agent

Latin America’s pastime

Latin America’s pastime Originally published in Tribune Sports on March 5, 2006 The saying used to go that you couldn’t tell the players without a scorecard. These days you can’t spell the players’ names without tildes and accented vowels. Attempting to portray its sport as a world game, Major League Baseball reported last year that 242 of the 829 players on opening-day active rosters, including the disabled list, were born outside the 50 states. Make no mistake. Those numbers were fueled by the six major baseball-playing countries and territories of Latin America. For all the lip service paid to the Asian influx

James Boyce: Together, America Can Do Better. Everyone’s Very Own Lump Of Coal From Your Friends In D.C.

James Boyce: Together, America Can Do Better. Everyone's Very Own Lump Of Coal From Your Friends In D.C. Who can forget the single biggest present our Democratic Leaders gave us this year? I still get goose bumps when I remember that first heady weekend of talk shows when they all wove it into their speeches so smoothly. Remember how it felt when you first heard those words, "Together, America Can Do Better." Or to be more precise, can you recall the elation you felt in your heart after you stopped cringing? Or throwing up? Our Democratic elite, if only there were such

Opinion Taking Back America

Opinion Taking Back America Im just back from Washington, DC, where the Campaign for Americas Future staged its fourth annual Take Back America conference at the Hilton hotel near DuPont Circle. Bringing together close to 2,000 of the countrys most dedicated progressive activists and strategists for a series of speeches, conversations, panels, workshops and parties, TBA showcased a raft of innovative policy proposals, initiatives and projects. Also on hand to make speeches was much of the Democratic Party leadership, including Senators Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Russell Feingold and House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi. Unfortunately, the story out of the