PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - A book by an Uruguayan journalist that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave to President Barack Obama was ranked No. 2 on Amazon.com on Sunday. ...more

April 20, 2009

"This time the revolution is for real," declared Fidel Castro after his troops marched into Havana on New Year's Day, but 50 years later about all that is left is a sclerotic regime and a ponderous movie about a T-shirt icon. At four hours, the Steven Soderbergh film "Che" is almost as long as a Fidel speech, and almost as exciting. ...more

March 7, 2009

Much ink has been spilled lately decrying the decline in American popularity around the world under President Bush. Polls tell us how China is now more popular in Asia than America and how few Europeans say they identify with the United States. I am sure there is truth to these polls. We should have done better in Iraq. An America that presides over Abu Ghraib, torture and Guantanamo Bay deserves a thumbs-down. ...more

July 18, 2008