As evidence is gathered, decision-makers are leaving ideology aside and taking a pragmatic approach to climate change. Let’s hope it is not too little, too late.
As in the 1960s, the question posed to Europeans is this: What price are you willing to pay for American protection on matters of political and cultural autonomy?
The US government, perhaps surprised at the ease with which all financial markets can be rigged, is now ... driving down the exchange value of the Russian ruble by massive short-selling in the currency market.
[B]anning abortion does not mean that abortions will stop. According to the World Health Organization, 25 million unsafe abortions are performed around the world each year, resulting in the deaths of 39,000 women and millions of hospitalizations.
Some 115 people remain on death row in the conservative state of Arizona. Many states are now pulling back from executing people by lethal injection ... But the use of Zyklon B makes one wince.