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Mon, October 2, 2023 | 13:04

Rushed legislation fails good-government test

A late-blooming, business-backed drive to significantly alter the 42-year-old California Environmental Quality Act died late last week when it crashed into a wall of opposition from influential environmental groups.

2012-09-02 16:36

Labor Day with little for unions to celebrate

Some years ago, there was a popular bumper sticker that read: "The Weekend, Brought To You By The Labor Movement." And it was true.

2012-09-02 16:32

Convenient amnesia of convention goers

It is hard to know where rumors start but the perception persists that elderly people are a tad forgetful. Nothing could be further than the truth! I say this as one who is not yet elderly but is at least olderly, a new category devised by me to describe youthful-thinking people whose bodies show signs of normal wear and tear.

2012-09-02 16:30

Those that tarnish Africa’s image

Africa is seen as an impoverish continent the world over. It is seen as a war-torn continent inhabited by corrupt, barbaric and savage-like people. This prejudice is constantly reinforced by the attitude of some Africans at home and abroad.

2012-09-02 16:25

2012 Democratic convention lacks electricity of ’08

The Democratic national convention in Charlotte, N.C., coming only five days after the Republicans wrap up in Tampa, is shaping up as something of an anticlimax.

2012-08-31 17:25

Ban’s Tehran trip reveals UN’s dilemma

Is there no point at which we conclude that the United Nations has evolved into an organization that is not just flawed, not just in need of reform, but fundamentally, structurally and incorrigibly hostile to American values and the cause of freedom in the 21st century?

2012-08-31 17:22

Germany and China: new special relationship

Germany and China: new special relationship

For several decades, the Americans believed they “owned” the West’s relationship with China. The most recent symbol of that is the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the two governments. But then, a woman entered the global diplomatic game. Hint: It’s not Hillary Clinton. It’s Angela Merkel, the world's leading woman politician.

2012-08-31 17:15

New GOP platform way to right of Reagan

The Republicans gathered in Tampa have adopted the party's most right-wing platform since the GOP was founded 158 years ago.

2012-08-30 16:53

Room for foreign-policy talk on convention stage

The 2012 Republican National Convention provides an opportunity to reflect on what remains to be done, and said, in the presidential campaign between now and the November general election.

2012-08-30 16:38

India and ASEAN

India and ASEAN

ASEAN is facing the most serious crisis of its existence since its foundation some 45 years ago. Recently, for the first time since its inception, it failed to issue a joint statement on the concluding day of a summit meeting. As a result its plans to become one sprawling economic zone encompassing Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the ...

2012-08-30 16:32

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