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Citizens or subjects ― candidates offer choice

NEW YORK ― Citizens or subjects? That is the question.

2012-09-23 16:37

Putin’s Kulturkampf

MOSCOW ― August is often an unlucky month in Russia, particularly President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Submarines have sunk, neighbors have been invaded, and forests have burned out of control. But, this August, the crisis was purely man-made ― indeed, made by one man. The conviction of three members of the agitprop punk-rock group Pussy Riot for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” has turned the three young women into an international cause celebre.

2012-09-23 16:34

California school officials circumvent state law

The California Education Code prohibits K-12 and community college officials from spending public funds "for the purpose of urging the support or defeat of any ballot measure or candidate ... "

2012-09-21 17:28

Obesity isn’t just numbers game, it’s a crisis

First lady Michelle Obama has gotten little appreciation for her campaign to get children to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. She has publicized the effort with a White House garden, where schoolchildren are invited to come pick their own, and she endorsed farmers markets, including a weekly venue nearby. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endured a storm of ridicule for his efforts to limit the sales of oversized and overly sugared drinks.

2012-09-21 17:25

Obama’s failed Mideast leadership

The day after the Libyan tragedy, President Barack Obama flew out to Las Vegas to do a political hootchy-kootchy and days earlier refused a future meeting with the prime minister of Israel, who is worried about something not so minor: How madmen edging toward nuclear weaponry in Iran just might immolate 7 million fellow citizens. And what prompted the disdain of numerous news outlets?

2012-09-21 17:24

Why are savings patterns so different?

BEIJING ― Ever since the integration of emerging markets into the global economy began in the early 1990s, three striking trends have emerged: a divergence in private savings rates between the industrialized core and the emerging periphery (the former experiencing a sharp rise, and the latter a steady decline); large global imbalances between the two regions; and a drop in interest rates worldwide. But, while global imbalances have preoccupied many observers, few have sought to explain the divergence in world savings behavior.

2012-09-21 17:22

Dark side of Gov. Jerry Brown's tax plan

California Gov. Jerry Brown fancies himself a futurist, exhorting us to act now to ensure a better tomorrow ― with a bullet train and a more dependable water system as his prime examples.

2012-09-20 17:12

Learning wrong lesson of 9-11 can be costly

“We have seen that the desire for liberty and freedom is, indeed, universal, as men and women in the Middle East rise up to seize it."

2012-09-20 17:07

A fracking good story

PRAGUE ― Weather conditions around the world this summer have provided ample fodder for the global warming debate. Droughts and heat waves are a harbinger of our future, carbon cuts are needed now more than ever, and yet meaningful policies have not been enacted.

2012-09-20 16:53

Bankruptcy ruling could alter Calif. pension law

The public pension reform legislation that the California legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown adopted very carefully avoided any changes of current pensioners' benefits and those of future recipients now on state and local payrolls.

2012-09-19 17:23

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