WASHINGTON — In the wake of last weekend's release of no fewer than 91,000 documents on the Afghan war — is that really all they could find? — the natural...
Of course we were all surprised — "amazed" might be a better word for it — at the apparent looming marriage of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston. Who would have...
The real "man of the hour" at the latest presidential debate was the man who wasn't there. Oh, he was lurking about, hiding behind the stage curtains and troubling people's...
One can only wonder how a country like Myanmar -- historically known as Burma -- can bear all the miseries being heaped upon it. On top of the savage military...
In 1982, while visiting Haiti on a reporting trip, I found myself talking with the new U.S. AID director there, Harlan Hobgood. This experienced developmentalist was filled with goodwill toward...
"This campaign is not about spouses," Hillary Clinton said at one point this turbulent week. To which the attentive viewer of the presidential campaign -- the campaign that has been...
If someone were to suggest that "good news" for this new year might be found at the opening just before Christmas of the border between Slubice in Poland and Frankfurt...
As we approach the end of 2007, let's just say that the country named this year as the "most desirable" place to live in the United Nations Human Development Index...
Isn't it time we just left Russia alone? Isn't it time we stopped trying to stuff an unpalatable "democracy" down the Russians' throats and left them to stew in their...