Boston paradox MOSCOW - Whose fault is it that the Boston Marathon was bombed? Is Russia to blame for 250 years of trying to incorporate the Muslim North Caucasus nations, like the Chechens and Dagestanis, first into the czars Christian Orthodox Empire, then in..
Why does sexual assault in military persist? Raise your hand if you, like me, have a hard time understanding why the military seems powerless to end sexual assault within its ranks.
US fiscal picture brightens, but work remains Fiscal fanatics, budget obsessives and other devotees of federal fine print who had looked forward to a vicious late spring and early summer congressional bloodletting over the debt ceiling will have to delay their gratification until at least the ..
DNA at 60 LONDON - On April 25, 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson published a one-page paper that many believed would revolutionize biological research. Building on the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, they had discovered DNA's double-helix ..
CIA's cash to Karzai nets little in return America's long-running, mondo-bizzaro courtship of Afghanistan's mercurial Hamid Karzai got even wilder and wackier this past week.
On immigration, Republicans' split widens The current U.S. Congress is unique in having three political parties: one Democratic and two Republican
The problem with poor countries' GDP SEATTLE - Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard decisions about where to focus their limited resources. How do you decide which countries should get low-cost loans..
In Afghanistan, corruption is just 1st challenge When it comes to Afghanistan's independence and stability, "the first challenge is corruption," Bernard Bajolet, France's outgoing ambassador to that country, said as he prepared to return to Paris for another post.
French socialists fall out of love with their guy French President Francois Hollande, deliriously welcomed into office last May 6 by the Socialists, who had been out of power for nearly 20 years, is setting a postwar record for a plunge in popularity, from 60 percent to 44 percent
US may escape 5th annual spring jobs slump For the last four years, the job market has suffered a spring slowdown. But maybe that cycle ended this April with a really solid government report on employment.
Planned Parenthood targets black women In 1854, Abraham Lincoln confronted America's first "pro-choice" U.S. senator, Stephen Douglas of Illinois, in a speech in Peoria.
Promoting liberty, destroying liberty? KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - International support for democracy is widespread. Yet democracy sometimes has only a tenuous relationship with liberty.
Jamestown settlers included cannibals The few surviving written accounts by Jamestown colonists refer to the winter of 1609-1610 as the "starving time." Out of about 300 people in the southeast Virginia fort, only 60 survived until spring. They did so by eating horses, dogs, squirrels ..
Obama must show muscle to lead WASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Ron Nessen put it this way at lunch the other day with me and another old friend, former newspaper publisher and current author Herman Obermayer.
Competition factor BRUSSELS/MEXICO CITY - Since the global economic downturn began in 2008, debate has centered on the macroeconomic strategies and instruments used to address the crisis and foster recovery. But correcting imbalances and addressing short-term slowdow..
US in no hurry to intervene in Syria President Barack Obama, who is cautious by nature - many on both sides of the political spectrum say too much so - is being double-extra-careful on Syria. And he is right to do so.
Drumbeat of war sounds hollow WASHINGTON - The drumbeating has begun.
