The speculation is that the terrorists were trying to destabilize the region to disrupt Pakistan’s help with al-Qaida (they might have to move their troops off the border with Afghanistan): Relations between India and Pakistan were on a knife edge last night amid fears that Delhi’s response to the Mumbai attacks could undermine the Pakistani…

Here’s a report that states they didn’t think they were part of a suicide mission. The gang of terrorists who wreaked mayhem in Mumbai for three days were made to believe by their Lashkar bosses that they were not being sent on a suicide mission and that they would be coming back alive. In a…

The Obama effect on cookie sales Obama’s favorite cookie when he was in Iowa is suddenly a big hit: Suddenly, sales of 400 cookies in a good week soared to more than 1,000 a week, with requests coming from as far away as Mexico. Alas, the price is going up, from 50 cents to 75…

Well, at least the part of the economy that sells tchotchkes adorned with his image: In most election years, the candidate T-shirt and button market pretty much disappears after the ballots are counted. Not this time. Our next president has become a living, breathing stimulus package for a modest-size group of entrepreneurs who are slapping…

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