Unthinkable setback for Russian civil rights

Russia has taken an unfortunate step into its police-state past with a new law that grants the state’s...

Afghan war not lost cause

The House vote on an emergency spending bill shows that President Barack Obama faces weakening support among...

Climate legislation on ice

Senate Democrats have formally given up on attempts to enact comprehensive energy and climate-change legislation...

Some good news out of the oil spill

This development should go into the category of: Why wasn’t this done a whole lot earlier? Four...

Oakland high on pot potential

The hard-luck city of Oakland, Calif., an aging port, rail and factory town, has decided to reinvent itself...

By censoring history, Iraq mustn’t repeat it

With the help of UNESCO, Iraq is overhauling its school curriculum with one goal being to make the teaching...