After a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs are becoming ever more ominous that we're heading for another.

And, hard as it is to credit, the same discredited...

Pakistan military's deliberate attempt to put further pressure on the Americans and Indians through Difa-i-Pakistan Council is not going to benefit the country, an editorial has claimed.

Pakistan...

World Bank has begun anew an old debate: Should an American continue to lead this institution?Some argue that in a dramatically different world than the one which gave birth to...

Mr. Santorum made increasing domestic energy a cornerstone of his campaign, highlighting the issue in remarks he delivered at the Colorado Energy Summit.He wasn’t...

Iran ’s nuclear facilities by this summer.That more and more people, both inside government and outside of it, are raising that possibility is a telling indicator of growing international...

Obama administration keeps reporting supposed good news on the employment front. Americans sense that something is not quite right about the rosy official numbers, and a series of independent reports...

There is another horripilation on the campaign trail. Someone has told a joke that has roused the virtue police. I am speaking of the virtue police who are working for the grim forces of political...

European Union on any sounder financial footing as the continent’s debt crisis and recession drag on for another month.The most unlikely of sources -...

GOP this year.Sure, Republicans wish they could cut the budget deficit, curb regulations and somehow lower tax rates. Maybe one day that will happen, maybe even next year. The smart money is busy...

Mr. Ross is right that the modern nation-state is under considerable strain, though his favorite example - an inability to impose draconian carbon controls designed to prevent ';climate...

Obama on Wednesday finally released a concrete tax proposal. His administration had intended to release this plan next week, but it saw the opportunity to...

If you’re tired of watching the Republican debates, tune in Sunday night to the Academy Awards. The night will show off beautiful eye candy for both men and women, diversion with glitz. We once...

The beauty of the current birth-control conversation for Democrats is that they not only have public opinion on their side but also have cannily managed to make contraception a front-burner...

A voting solution in search of a problem ") takes the absurd position that voters should bear no responsibility in the exercise of that right. They apparently shouldn't even be so...

Know this about the marbled murrelet: Wherever it goes, the Endangered Species Act follows.The marbled murrelet has been listed as a threatened...

We've all heard many times how a new set of eyes can provide a fresh perspective on a thorny problem. And it certainly can be true. Yet even a...

, Thomas Mallon's latest historical novel, captures both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok. The book considers the...

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By 2007, the Nashi youth movement had 120,000 members between the ages of 17 and 25. When we first meet Masha, she's 16 and an avid member of Nashi, a youth group officially created to...

via Pinterest.com A visit to the Pinterest homepage typically reveals images of makeup, women's fashions -- and the occasional "pin" of Justin...

Rihanna with her admitted abuser, Chris Brown, present an intense moral quandary for anyone who believes that pop music has real cultural impact. Never in my memory has the particular feeling...

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is seeking nominations for its 2012 Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning, which recognises cartoonists around the world whose art puts them in...

???? (ANHRI/IFEX) - 21 February 2012 - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) are deeply disturbed by the...

Anyone believing our nation's fiscal and moral policies to be correct should vote for their incumbent. If, however, you believe that our trillion-dollar deficits are unsustainable, that Medicare...

Mitt Romney came to Utah this last weekend to take a break from the campaign trail and thank all of us who helped make the 2002 Winter Olympics a huge success. Unfortunately, there were some who...

The following editorial appeared recently in the New York Times: The Republican presidential candidates have not made immigration a focus of their campaigns. But, as they head toward a debate on...

Recent news articles about the Salt Lake City Council and mayor's efforts to mortgage whatever equity we citizens have managed to create by building a so called "Broadway style...

Vedanta as a philosophy of non-duality has no place for an extra-cosmic God or for anything supernatural. Close your eyes, you see Brahmn; open your eyes, you see the same Brahmn in names and forms...

human rights challenges logic and belief. In their zeal to protect these mammals from commercial acti-vity, scientists argue these are evolved enough to merit being called 'non-human...

While I was pregnant with our fourth child, routine prenatal blood testing indicated that I was at an increased risk of having a child with a birth defect, most likely Down syndrome. I was advised to...

A more elevated view is that a pregnancy is the result of a man and a woman cooperating with God in the unfathomable process of creating another living being...

Rick Santorum is harder to characterize. Along with Paul, he ranks high on the sincerity scale. But whereas Paul has a charming innocence that takes the form of true puzzlement as to why everyone...

Today: The budget challenge. Cal: I know liberals react to spending cuts (except for defense) the way Dracula might react to news of a blood shortage...

Prosecutors in DeKalb County, Ga., dropped drunken-driving charges against Steelers receiver Hines Ward this morning after he pleaded guilty to reckless driving. DeKalb County State Court Judge...

A missing 13-year-old girl from Pittsburgh was found in Jeannette today. Pittsburgh police asked residents for help last night finding 13-year-old Tynesha Wilder, a student at Arsenal Middle School...

Former Pitt defensive coordinator and interim coach Keith Patterson was hired to join the defensive staff at West Virginia today. His specific role on the staff was not yet disclosed. "Keith...

A reception and preview of "Teenie Memories: New Photographs by Rebecca Droke and Bill Wade" preceded the Post-Gazette's Town Meeting Thursday at the August Wilson Center. The...

Back on the American scene after 14 days in Bolivia, during which I saw not one single gun, even in the airports, I have taken a temporary vow to try to calm down on subjects that rile me in my own...

birthday after all. He has been on hunger strike for 66 days to protest against his "administrative detention," which allows the Israeli military to detain Palestinians without charge,...

Love in a time of revolt Love, Passion and Patriotism: Sexuality and the Philippine Propaganda Movement, 1882-1892 by Raquel A G Reyes Reviewed by George Amurao In the middle of the 19th...

The Weekly Standard. As the nomination battle on the Republican side drags on, with no ostensible end in sight, I can't help but ask myself: Who is responsible for the Republican party? What...

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party. A specter is haunting the Republican establishment -- the specter of Barry...

Iranian women walk past religious calligraphy in Arabic in central Tehran on Feb. 19, 2012. Escalating tensions between the West and Iran over the country's nuclear goals have caused concern for...

A ball of fire rises after an Israeli Merkava tank shot a shell at a truck during an army exercise on in the Negev Desert north of the city of Eilat on Jan. 31, 2012 in Shizafon, Israel. Intervening...

The network of global corporate control " offers a fundamental view of the global economy. It is a view that should be of interest to all of us because the results are stunning. A mere 737...

Public forum with: Marianne Mackay (Nyoongar Tent Embassy) Natasha Moore (Socialist Alliance) and other speakers from the Nyoongar Tent Embassy Establishment media have tried to vilify Aboriginal...

More than 300,000 people marched in Lisbon against austerity on February 12. Photo from www.PCP.pt. Lisbon's vast Palace Square became People's Square on February 12. More than 300,000...

Walter E. Williams If one manages to graduate from high school without the rudiments of algebra, geometry and trigonometry, there are certain relatively high-paying careers probably off-limits for...