Why is Bush so stingy?
After all, the U.S. president owes the British prime minister. Tony Blair joined him in the unpopular Iraq war as others fled. "Yes, Tony," should be the reply that comes...
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CAFTA vote about more than trade
The CAFTA vote is about more than trade. When looking back at the 1990s, U.S. lawmakers sometimes play a grim game. They compete to come up with lists of small...
Exorcising America’s many nuclear demons
She screws up, yet she endures. That seems to be the lesson of the success of Jane Fonda's new autobiography, "My Life So Far." One reason Americans like Fonda is...
Hidden costs of going public
Back in the 1980s a physics graduate named Cris met a "quaint" guy named Greg and the two founded a company to write options trading software called Devon Systems. Both...
The problem with Rum Tum Tuggers
So it turns out that Western governments were wrong about Lebanon. The Lebanese really are like the rest of us, just as the exiles and regime critics always said. They...
How America can rise to Asia’s challenge
India, China; China, India. The only remaining question seems to be which will clobber the rest of us first. Last week, even as the dollar slid, Azim Premji, chairman of...
Flying in the face of good ideas
President Bush is in Europe today trying to craft a trans-Atlantic relationship of legacy quality. Still, his domestic legacy also needs attention. Indeed, if Bush doesn't act fast, he will...
Why we are hostage to granny and her purse
Howard Dean is losing no time in the commitment department. On his election on Saturday as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the former candidate for his party's presidential nomination...
Moral action should be its own reward
Companies beware. The world may reject brand America and make its shareholders pay through the stock price. That turned out to be one of the thoughts that participants at the...
Soros should revive the old liberalism
So, George Soros plans to put more cash into building up the intellectual establishment on the left. The philanthropist billionaire will, one presumes, endow giant think tanks, fortresses from which...