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Romney underestimates the 47 percent

Mitt Romney has been duly criticized for what we'll call "The 47 Percent Remark," his dismissive distancing of himself from close to half of the American people, who, he says, "are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to take care of them. ..."

2012-09-26 17:49

Re-education of Hong Kong

HONG KONG ― After less than 100 days in office, C.Y. Leung, Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive, is already in political intensive care. In record time, he has managed to lose his veneer of competence, credibility, and steely leadership.

2012-09-26 17:48

Imelda’s shoes: one of great symbols of excess

An alert dictator always keeps one eye on the nearest exit in case, as so often happens with autocrats, a speedy departure suddenly becomes in order.

2012-09-25 17:29

National Football League must reach agreement with refs now

Mired in a contract dispute, the National Football League locked out its regular referees in June. The league thought it could rely on less-experienced officials who normally work small college football games.

2012-09-25 17:19

How Romney still can win presidential bid

WASHINGTON ― It is getting difficult to see how Mitt Romney wins in November, but let us be imaginative and offer some suggestions to keep up the suspense.

2012-09-25 17:12

UN Assembly session opens amid global storm clouds

UNITED NATIONS ― The U.N. General Assembly has opened amid global storm clouds and economic gloom. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and potentates gather in New York for the 67th annual session to the backdrop of spreading violence in the Middle East, a looming nuclear weapons program in Iran, a humanitarian crisis in much of the developing world, and the undertow of world...

2012-09-25 17:09

Threat to school funding rises in California

When Gov. Jerry Brown and the California legislature fashioned the 2012-13 budget, their evident goal was to persuade voters to finance it by enacting new sales and incomes taxes at the Nov. 6 election.

2012-09-24 17:14

Attacks on NATO soldiers: tactical, not strategic

"The reality is ... the Taliban has not been able to regain any territory," Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said last month, responding to questions about attacks on U.S. and NATO personnel in Afghanistan. Is this an accurate perspective?

2012-09-24 17:05

Normalizing Italy

LONDON ― Italy’s political exceptionalism ― its chronic inability to marshal coherent governments backed by stable parliamentary majorities ― is weakening Europe and threatening the eurozone’s survival. More than electoral reform is needed: Italy requires comprehensive institutional renewal.

2012-09-24 17:03

H.G. Wells’ birthday a time to celebrate sci-fi

Few foreign writers have influenced American popular culture as much as Herbert George Wells, who would be celebrating his 146th birthday this week if only he'd actually built a time machine rather than simply written about one.

2012-09-23 16:41

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