IT is not clear if the two political figures selected Friday to head up the European Union’s presidential and foreign ministerial roles have anything like the political weight that many thought necessary.
I gave a talk in South Texas recently on the environmental virtues of a vegetarian diet. As you might imagine, the reception was chilly. In fact, the only applause came during the Q&A period when a
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s inauguration Thursday was a somber affair. Gray storm clouds are slowly replacing blue skies, and the sour tang of charcoal smoke hangs in the air. The mood among the
The routine reopening of India’s Parliament has suddenly emerged as an awkward test for the Congress-led government’s ability to push reforms such as price deregulation in the face of opposition from
