Taking money from taxpayers to bailout international companies strips freedom from all citizens. ...more

March 13, 2009

The interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, seen as a modernizer who could seek a historic reconciliation with the Vatican and more autonomy from the state, was overwhelmingly elected patriarch Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009

After years of professing their parents' innocence, the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are acknowledging that their father was a spy. ...more

September 18, 2008

The story line was in place even before they filled the pool inside the Water Cube. ...more

August 19, 2008

Japanese World War II leader Hideki Tojo wanted to keep fighting after U.S. atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accusing surrender proponents of being "frightened," a newly released diary reveals. ...more

August 13, 2008

Foreign affairs took center stage in the presidential campaign Tuesday as the leading candidates seemed to compete over who could be toughest about Russia's invasion of Georgia. ...more

August 13, 2008

Earl L. Butz, who orchestrated a major change in federal farm policy as secretary of agriculture in the 1970s but came to be remembered more for a vulgar racial comment that brought about his resignation during the 1976 presidential election race, died Saturday in Kensington, Md. Butz, who lived in West Lafayette, Ind., was 98. ...more

February 4, 2008

This week the TV news showed us images of George Bush, president of the United States and supposed leader of the free world, carrying a Saudi sword while dancing with a member of the Saudi royal family. For me, this ultimate indignity on the part of our president was reminiscent of a drunken Boris Yeltsin, leader of a failed Soviet Union playing "would you like to lead a band ?" Doubtless George, wearing his now famous smirk, saw no loss of dignity in playing the court jester for his Arab friends, perhaps to win them over to his pathetic plea for OPEC to sell more oil to assist the U.S. economy, one of their biggest customers as Bush reminded them. Their curt response was they will increase their sales when the market warrants it, thereby putting Bush in his place and inferentially reminding him that the OPEC cartel does not exist to do the U.S. favors. Its ability to squeeze the U.S. in a time of economic crisis, despite Bush's supposed generosity in approving a large sale of sophisticated arms to Saudi Arabia, is a blunt reminder of who is in the economically dominant position, in U.S.- Saudi relations. Way to go George! ...more

January 20, 2008

With his status as GOP presidential front-runner in question, Rudy Giuliani made a speech here Saturday intended to mark a turning point in his campaign, but which relied heavily on past themes - his role after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, cleaning up New York City, and an aggressive stance on terrorism and homeland security. ...more

December 15, 2007

For millions of Americans, it seemed as if the sky was falling. As the Soviet Union unleashed the power of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the United States suddenly felt vulnerable to a nuclear attack. Sputnik put Russian technology in orbit and altered the political momentum between two superpowers. Its most lasting legacy, however, may be how it energized America by forcing it to look up and reach out. ...more

October 1, 2007