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Domestic Terror: The Worry About Homegrown Plots

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:59:34 GMT

Why recent events point to a potentially worrying radicalization of disaffected American Muslims.

Education Reform From the Union Point of View

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:53 GMT

What do teachers' unions think about being vilified by everyone from Newt Gingrich to Al Sharpton?

College Students Hit by High-Interest Loans

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:09:44 GMT

College degrees are supposed to last a lifetime, but should tuition loan payments? How some schools got away with charging interest rates of up to 18 percent.

Developing A Taste For China’s New Economy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:24 GMT

What a meal of beef stomach and duck throats taught me about the new China.

Why Women Reject the Mammogram Recommendations

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:25 GMT

Why many American women are resolutely rejecting the new mammogram recommendations, despite mixed reaction in the medical community.

The Legal Fight Over God's Secular Title

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:32 GMT

The fight over God's secular title.

Senate Likely to Thwart Stupak Amendment

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:05 GMT

Abortion-rights activists were not caught unaware on the anti-abortion-funding amendment to the House health-care bill, and they are likely to stop it in the Senate.

Health Care: Abortion Is Not the Only Moral Issue

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:42:49 GMT

Our entire health-care system is filled with complex moral choices. We shouldn't make our health-care debate about just one.

Khamenei Will Be Iran's Last Supreme Leader

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:53:05 GMT

The clerical establishment has become so sick of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that they will not replace him when he dies.

Rudy Giuliani vs. the Federal Courts

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:37 GMT

Giuliani should know better than to impugn the capabilities of federal courts.

U.S.-China Relationship Is Good for the World

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:28 GMT

Why the U.S.-China relationship is not only the fulcrum of the world economy, but a good thing after all.

Small Business: Why Is Mary Kay Thriving in China?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:32 GMT

Why the American brand Mary Kay is thriving in China.

The Case Against Holds on Political Nominees

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:04 GMT

The obscure Senate procedure that is getting in the way of governance.

Why Men Leave When Cancer Arrives

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:52:13 GMT

A new study shows that men are more likely to ditch their sick spouses.

Obama's Man in China: Ambassador Jon Huntsman

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:37:24 GMT

Well before the Chinese welcomed Obama, his ambassador was showing them how an American politician works a crowd. And they love it.

How Sarah Palin Hurts the GOP And the Country

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:09:17 GMT

Obama knows the long odds against a right-wing populist winning the presidency, no matter how good she looks in a skirt (or running clothes), brandishing a gun. He shouldn't be too cocky, however, because the death of the center is ultimately a problem for him and the whole country. If the Palinistas seize the GOP, they probably cannot take the White House. But their brand of no-prisoners partisanship sure can tie up Congress.

Sarah Palin's Political Instincts: Hitchens

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:08:21 GMT

But the problem with populism is not just that it stirs prejudice against the "big cities" where most Americans actually live, or against the academies where many of them would like to send their children. No, the difficulty with populism is that it exploits the very "people" to whose grievances it claims to give vent.

Zakaria: Can America Still Innovate?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:34:08 GMT

Innovation is as American as baseball and apple pie. But some traditions can't be trademarked.

Inside Livermore Lab's Race to Invent Clean Energy

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:46:06 GMT

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are betting $3.5 billion in taxpayer money on a tiny pellet that could produce an endless supply of safe, clean energy. For some, that's hard to swallow.

Does Television's Gay Influx Promote Stereotypes?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:12:50 GMT

Gays on TV once helped promote tolerance. Now they may be hurting it.