Asia stops to remember end of World War II

Posted August 17th 2010

  Japanese prime minister apologizes to South Korea for wartime atrocitiesAdvertisement | a   TOKYO — Asia paused on Sunday to remember Japan's surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologized ...

Many voters, many views of election's meaning

Posted August 17th 2010

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There's the die-hard Democrat from Texas who says November's elections are about keeping Republicans from power. There's the North Carolina Republican who says it's about firing Democrats for growing government. There's the Florida guy who lost his job and says it's all about unemployment....

A Season of Fear－The GOP’s shortsighted immigration play

Posted August 17th 2010

If we had any sense, the fall elections would be about just one thing: the economy. But we do not have any sense. We are facing what Wall Street would call the “triple witching hour.” Republicans have their finger on three social-demographic hot buttons. The first is illegal immigration (in proposing a review of the 14th...