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Mitt Romney's new tactic: insult voters

Mitt Romney has settled on a curious campaign strategy: insulting the people he needs to get elected as president.

2012-09-19 17:21

150 years later, human slavery persists

This year is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln announced on Sept. 22, 1862, in a preliminary proclamation, that slaves in any regions still in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863 would be freed.

2012-09-19 17:19

Deadlocked Korea-Japan ties

Two countries need dialogue. Japan should look honestly at history to clear the past.

2012-09-19 17:15

No time to disengage with Muslim nations

The outraged reaction of Muslim protesters to the trailer of a film that defames the prophet Muhammad ― and that may not even exist in full ― is both discouraging and dismaying.

2012-09-18 17:01

Unrest reflects global democratic development

The phrase "be careful what you wish for" comes to mind when reviewing the waves of public protest and revolt in the Middle East and North Africa. Long-established dictatorships are collapsing, which is an extremely promising development of historic importance.

2012-09-18 16:59

Ending financial arms race

CAMBRIDGE ― People often ask if regulators and legislators have fixed the flaws in the financial system that took the world to the brink of a second Great Depression. The short answer is no.

2012-09-18 16:57

House quietly approves government funding

Believe it or not, this is news: The House, quietly and without rancor, on Thursday passed a $500 billion spending bill to pay for running the U.S. government for the next six months. The Senate is expected to easily clear the measure this week.

2012-09-17 17:08

Mideast chaos shows need for American energy

NEW YORK ― America's economic well-being is at the mercy of the most thin-skinned hotheads on Earth.

2012-09-17 17:01

Hazard of Internet age

One of the biggest and most recalcitrant problems in Nigeria today is the rapid disappearance of a reading culture. Many people barely read even newspapers, preferring instead to spend their time chatting on social networking sites. And others use it for fraudulent and heinous acts.

2012-09-17 16:54

Rich got richer, middle class got squeezed

It's a rare government economic report that brings no comfort to either side in a presidential election campaign.

2012-09-16 16:42

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