House approves Obama's budget plan 233-193 without a single Republican vote. Facebook-style visualization of the Senate shows Specter never had many Republican friends. Nine moments that mattered in Obama's first 100 days. Even during the Depression, I'm not sure prices fell this
As swine flu cases crop up around the world, countries tighten border controls, brace for the threat of infection. A culture built on physical contact has become a culture muted by fear, by suspicion, a distrust of others, and even ourselves. Daniel Hernandez on All Things Considered. After the SARS
Iceland pisses on its disgraced bankers. White-collar workers in China are adopting English names to achieve Chinese-nationalist economic goals. China undergoes educational upheaval with too many graduates, too much debt, too few jobs. Op: The University must die so that academia can live. Flus are unpredictable and they
Regarding torture: Just because you scored after harpooning the goalie, doesn't suddenly make harpooning OK. We have become so casual about torture that we now openly debate its efficacy. Mexico abandons its "centuries-old Napoleonic system of closed-door, written inquisitions." Study finds a wealthy child
Op: Hope glimmers that the financial crisis has peaked, though recovery will require a lower speed limit, diminished expectations. From February: "Stimulus bill headed for passage minus pandemic funds." In Mexico City, Obama was received by Felipe Solis, an archaeologist who died a day later--Obama's
Massive Arlen Specter article on his tenure as a lamp-lighter; calls for reps "to reassert themselves in our system of checks and balances." Op: Regarding torture, we can't skirt the criminal implications of what we know. Iceland's men destroyed the country's
Next month the U.S. will release photos of alleged abuses at Iraq and Afghanistan prisons--officials say none are as graphic as the Abu Ghraib images. In Moldova, the victorious Communists represent the conservative center-right--where does Russia fit in the political spectrum? A Senate Armed Services report
Borrowing a Bushism, Clinton calls Pakistan an "existential threat"; Kerry says U.S. lacks "a real strategy." Gates says disclosure of interrogation memos was inevitable. Op: I interrogated Abu Zubaydah, I didn't torture, and I got good intel. Pros and cons considered while Obama
What has happened so far is no more than the overture to the first act of this opera. Obama's 100-day mark approaches. In the past month, three woman have claimed Paraguayan President Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, is the father of their child. TMN is still
Investigations show none of the officials who approved the use of torture bothered to learn about their nation's long-standing opposition to it. If the U.S. doesn't prosecute C.I.A. and Bush administration officials for torture crimes at home, Europe will, says the U.
