This is an especially difficult time of the year for students; final exams lie directly ahead, and after an especially cold winter, at least here in the Northeast, Spring fever is in full swing. I dare say most students would rather grab their textbooks and head out to the nearest lawn to kick back and put in a few sunny hours of study.

This is an especially difficult time of the year for students; final exams lie directly ahead, and after an especially cold winter, at least here in the Northeast, Spring fever is in full swing. I dare say most students would rather grab their textbooks and head out to the nearest lawn to kick back and put in a few sunny hours of study.

For the next 79 years, the world had existed in an uneasy truce. It was a time when the two principal nuclear superpowers, the United States and, initially, the Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, faced each other with the weapons of global annihilation.

In the past two years, that face-off has become even more belligerent, as the war in Ukraine has brought these two super-powers to the brink of direct, and likely nuclear, confrontation.

For the next 79 years, the world had existed in an uneasy truce. It was a time when the two principal nuclear superpowers, the United States and, initially, the Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, faced each other with the weapons of global annihilation.

In the past two years, that face-off has become even more belligerent, as the war in Ukraine has brought these two super-powers to the brink of direct, and likely nuclear, confrontation.

For the next 79 years, the world had existed in an uneasy truce. It was a time when the two principal nuclear superpowers, the United States and, initially, the Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, faced each other with the weapons of global annihilation.

In the past two years, that face-off has become even more belligerent, as the war in Ukraine has brought these two super-powers to the brink of direct, and likely nuclear, confrontation.

For the next 79 years, the world had existed in an uneasy truce. It was a time when the two principal nuclear superpowers, the United States and, initially, the Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, faced each other with the weapons of global annihilation.

In the past two years, that face-off has become even more belligerent, as the war in Ukraine has brought these two super-powers to the brink of direct, and likely nuclear, confrontation.

I often think of Wall Street as the smallest town in America. It has its own language, its own way of doing things, and, above all, its own way of viewing the world.

I often think of Wall Street as the smallest town in America. It has its own language, its own way of doing things, and, above all, its own way of viewing the world.