Man stopped fighting with swords when rifles were invented, and you can rest assured that he will equally stop flying planes into buildings when he can fire a vehicle-launched cruise missile into Europe or America from a dirt road in the third world.

ECONOMIST: Responding to terror

From Kansas City, Missouri, Kauffman, which maintains the gold standard of entrepreneurial policy, seeks to wean Washington from its addiction and put America back on the road to national greatness.

FORBES: Everything Economics Turns On A Trifle

SUVs for their poor safety record from the head of America's road-safety body.

ECONOMIST: America's favourite mode of transport is under attack

Women aren't as worried about the pay gap as they were five years ago, says Carol Gallagher , president of the Executive Women's Alliance and author of Going To The Top: A Road Map for Success from America's Leading Women Executives.

FORBES: Are Women Happy Under The Glass Ceiling?

The road map was drafted last year by diplomats from America, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.

ECONOMIST: Serious about peace

Mr Abbas and his cabinet endorsed the road map in full, and America urged the same from Mr Sharon.

ECONOMIST: Serious about peace