Today's column: Bread and circuses. Bonds and bad hair days.

Today's column: GDP: The optimistic side of things

The referenced data is here in Table 2 (PDF)

Today's column: SOHO, Saipan

Today's column: Chamorro Standard Time

Clarification: Although Tokyo and Sydney aren't tangled in daylight savings time right now, an alert reader emailed and said that Sydney during their summer (Saipan's winter) will adjust its clocks.

It just goes to show you: Stick with GMT when specifying time zones, it's a lot clearer and cleaner.

Today's column: Old cars, old tricks