Citing an escalating dispute over islands in the East China Sea, The Economist warned last week that “China and Japan are sliding toward…
Years from now, historians are likely to look back upon Barack Obama's second inaugural address as a rich treasure trove for understanding…
It is hard to remember, on President Obama’s second inauguration, that less than a decade ago he was a relatively unknown Senate candidate…
On the eve of his second inaugural, President Obama appears smarter, tougher and bolder than ever before. But whether he is also wiser…
When Senator John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state later this month, he will encounter a number of complex tests as America’s top…
First: Thursday’s congressional swearing-in will reflect the stunning success of the Democrats’ ground game at turning out minorities — a…
In many nations today the state has little
capability to carry out even basic functions like security, policing,
regulation or core…
Nearly 40 years after the adoption of the Title IX Amendments of the US Civil Rights Act, women account for almost 50% of US medical…
As the nation continues to grieve for the six adults and 20 children taken too soon in the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, a hero…
Yet again we are struggling to bear the unbearable. How can we find meaning in the massacre of so many innocent children, savagely cut down…