WHILE it is still unclear what led a US Army major to shoot dead 13 people on the Fort Hood Texas army base, the reason behind the worst mass shooting on a military facility in the US is not his faith.
AT the outset of the classes I teach, I always address the question of bias in the social sciences. In one course — on the history of the global economy — this is the central theme. It
MAHMOUD ABBAS is fed up. The day before yesterday he withdrew his candidacy for the coming presidential election in the Palestinian Authority. I understand him. He feels betrayed. And the
GUIDO WESTERWELLE had a busy first week in office. Hours after being sworn in as Germany’s new foreign minister, he was shaking hands at an EU summit, looking the part of the new boy on his first
Six days have passed since his father's untimely death, and Omar Regan's eyes betray a hint of moistness. It is a chilly Tuesday morning, and the Detroit diner at which he has agreed to meet
FOR a brief period in the 1970s I worked in the Vancouver used-book trade. I got to know a legend among booksellers - Bill Hoffer. Bill was a skilled purveyor of Canadian first editions and a great
An earlier Op-Ed, on what President Barack Obama can yet do to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians argued that international law should be the touchstone to a reconciliation of the interests
