Cost of war requires honest accounting The Iraq war was going to pay for itself from Iraqi oil revenues, according to senior Bush administration officials in the run-up to the U.S. invasion. When it became clear that was unlikely, the Bush administration, instead of raising taxes, as we..
Strange victory by liberal religion The most recent Jewish Community Study of New York held few surprises for those who have followed the sobering Jewish trends of recent decades.
Migration is development LONDON - In September 2000, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals rallied the international community behind a shared vision. The MDGs, which expire in 2015, signaled a new era of global cooperation, and triggered real progress in terms o..
More wildfires, fewer firefighters on horizon The winter season, with its freak, heavy snowfalls, is over (fingers crossed here). Hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1. But two other destructive seasons are just getting under way.
Rove has no right to lecture conservatives NEW YORK - To hear Karl Rove call rival center-right political organizations ineffective is to witness an enraged purse dog yapping at a Rottweiler. The bigger hound's expression - the canine equivalent of "are you kidding me?" - is precisely the r..
Quitting the quota By Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng HONG KONG On March 1, China’s State Council announced a new batch of restrictions aimed at reining in property prices by curbing speculative demand. The measures include tighter limits on home p..
By Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng
HONG KONG On March 1, China’s State Council announced a new batch of restrictions aimed at reining in property prices by curbing speculative demand. The measures include tighter limits on home p..
With Proposition 8 case, Supreme Court unlikely to be bold Morally and logically, there's no reason that same-sex couples should be denied the right to marry and thus hold the same privileges and responsibilities of other married couples.
North Korean leader rattles guns of war Iraq, the great chimera of the Bush administration, had no weapons of mass destruction, posed no threat to the United States or its interests, posed no threat to its neighbors, and, after the defeat in Kuwait and years of sanctions, its army was in..
Engage in healthy behavior - or else Out of concern for the health of the poor, New York City plans to jack up the price of cigarettes and cigarillos. The rich are still free to smoke themselves into an early grave.
Rise of the South UNITED NATIONS - The rise of the South is unprecedented in its speed and scalewhen dozens of countries and billions of people move up the development ladder as they are doing today, it has a direct impact on wealth creation and broader human pr..
Bring ex-Gen. David Petraeus in from the cold It's time for former military commander and CIA director David Petraeus to return to public life. His experience and proven abilities are too valuable to waste.
Peacemaking is a perilous path for Arab leaders When meeting with King Abdullah II in Jordan last Friday, President Barack Obama was gracious enough to mention the monarch's great-grandfather, King Abdullah I, who "gave his life in the name of peace."
New business model for Cyprus MADRID - Once again, Europe has peered into the abyss. But the tentative agreement between Cyprus and the troika (the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank) probably means that the worst has been avoide..
On gay marriage, public ahead of high court The Supreme Court this week is hearing oral arguments in two critical same-sex-marriage cases: California's Proposition 8, which in 2008 banned same-sex marriage shortly after the state Supreme Court granted gay couples that right, and the federal ..
Iraq vet's letter links Vietnam with current wars Nearly 30 years ago, a student - a big, rough-hewn guy sitting in the back of the class - raised his hand and asked, more or less out of nowhere, "So, what do you think of the Vietnam War?"
Kurds and Turks: end of the war? We are at a point today when the guns will fall silent and ideas will speak, declared Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, on March 21. Turks and Kurds fought together (in the First World War), and launched the Turkish p..
Calif. lawmaker mixes hot water, cool thinking Rod Wright may be the most controversial member of the California legislature - for good reason.
