Is Republican Party anti-science? WASHINGTON Recent events have caused speculation that the current Republican Party is anti-science.
Prince Harry: why its called a special relationship Really, we Americans should kick in a little something to help support the British royal family since we get so much fun out of them.
The rich, the poor and the hungry Two months ago, the United States Department of Agriculture forecast the biggest maize (corn) harvest in history: 376 million tonnes. After two months of record heat and drought in the U.S. Midwest, it has dropped its forecast to 274 million tonnes..
Assisted suicide should be an option My uncle got a lucky break last week literally. He got up in the middle of the night and, enfeebled at 81 years of age, he fell, hitting his head on a desk and breaking his skull. Later the next night he died, having never regained consciousness.
GOP platform committee forgets the forgotten war in Afghanistan While the Republican Party platform committee was endorsing sexual abstinence education, the Pentagon was announcing that the 1,972nd U.S. soldier had died in Afghanistan.
Mexico is a Vietnam War next door MEXICO CITY I have been looking for a book I used as a first-year graduate student at the University of Oregon. It was a philosophical treatise, not light reading, titled "Explanation," used by Professor Joseph G. Jorgensen in his anthropologica..
French still passionate for American entertainment PARIS One of the more common misperceptions in transatlantic relations is the near instinctive knee-jerk comment that the French dont like Americans. That is unless you overlook much of the music on French radio which is American, a consider..
Iran stupidly restricts women students Rarely does a country make a conscious decision to dumb itself down. But it happens. Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. China during Mao's Great Leap Forward. Japan under the 2 1/2 centuries of the Edo period.
Time for Obama to get serious about debt If it's minor, if it's petty, if it's nothing at all to worry about, President Barack Obama is concerned, focused and ready to speak out loud and clear, as on the question of Mitt Romney's tax returns. We've got to have them, going way back and the..
Calling big banks bluff BERLIN The G20s decision in November 2008 not to let any systemically relevant bank perish may have seemed wise at the time, given the threat of a global financial meltdown. But that decision, and bad policies by central banks and governments ..
Augusta decides women are OK After 80 years, the Augusta National Golf Club has decided that women are not a passing fad and, since they're likely to be around a while, it might not be such a bad idea to add some to the membership roster.
California reconsiders its environmental law For years, even decades, business groups have complained that the California Environmental Quality Act's (CEQA) complex provisions were being misused to block worthwhile projects, often for reasons that had nothing to do with the environment.
Paul Ryan and early vice-presidential picks "We want to make sure that we preserve and protect Medicare," Mitt Romney declared last week in Florida, a crucial state with numerous senior citizens.
Celebrating 67 years of Korean independence I had been warned that the weather on Aug. 15, 2012 would be bad. Heavy rain and high winds were forecast, but that would not deter me. It was an important day, and I needed to be out.
What Ryans positions say about him and Romney WASHINGTON To Republicans, Rep. Paul Ryan, the new darling on the political trail as Mitt Romney's veep choice, is a courageous intellectual visionary.
Republicans search Galilee for facts In Washington, House Republicans come off as humorless, grim-faced budget-cutters, at least that's how they like to portray themselves, but get them out of town and it's, "Party on, dudes!"
Olympian hypocrisy from the IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is withholding the bronze medal won by South Korean football player, Park Jong-woo, for displaying a political message regarding his nations sovereignty claim over the Dokdo islets. The debate over the ri..
