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[Ann Woolner] Appealing a case against Facebook

Jan 18, 2011

In the film, “The Social Network,” one of the Winklevoss twins digs in his heels when his furious brother urges a lawsuit against a fellow Harvard student for stealing their idea and turning it into ...
[Kim Seong-kon] American counterparts to the seven enigmas of Korea

Jan 18, 2011

Reading my recent column, “Seven enigmas of Korea to Westerners,” Ogan Gurel, a medical doctor who had been affiliated with Harvard and Columbia until recently joining Samsung, sent me feedback in wh...
Obama in Arizona: A time to heal our wounds

Jan 17, 2011

There are moments in a presidency when a leader delivers a speech and everyone goes about their business thereafter as if nothing happened. Other times, a president rises to the occasion in such extr...
Tampering with legal principle on citizenship

Jan 17, 2011

Legislators from five states have unveiled model legislation with complicated provisions but a simple and pernicious premise: that children born in this country aren’t citizens if their parents are i...
[William Pesek] Death of 3.5 million makes dismal economics

Jan 17, 2011

Anyone who thinks smoking isn’t government’s business should consider one number: 3.5 million. That’s how many people in the second-biggest economy will die each year from tobacco use by 2030, accor...
[David Ignatius] South Asian tinderbox getting hotter

Jan 17, 2011

NEW DELHI ― Everything is going right these days for India, except for one big problem: They’re living next to a Pakistan that is coming apart politically, and Indian leaders insist with a tone of re...
[Terry Miller] A tale of two recoveries: Germany vs. U.S.

Jan 17, 2011

Can a nation spend its way to prosperity? We don’t have to guess. The experience of two countries over the last year ― Germany and the United States ― provides an answer. Prior to last summer’s summ...
[Sen. John Kerry] Bridging the trust deficit with China

Jan 17, 2011

China’s President Hu Jintao will make a historic trip to Washington this week, appearing alongside President Obama on a stage likely to be dominated by two issues: righting the vast U.S.-China trade ...
[Nouriel Roubini] Global risk and reward in New Year

Jan 17, 2011

NEW YORK ― The outlook for the global economy in 2011 is, partly, for a persistence of the trends established in 2010. These are: an anemic, below-trend, U-shaped recovery in advanced economies, as f...
Japan, Korea must boost security cooperation

Jan 16, 2011

The time is ripe for Japan and South Korea to enhance the quality of their security cooperation, without confining it to the field of defence exchanges. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his Sou...
[Frida Ghitis] After carnage, Obama fails to move us

Jan 16, 2011

When President Obama performed his “Comeback Kid” act late last year, pushing through Congress a number of important bills, observers marveled at the sudden transformation. The president had morphed ...
[William Pfaff] China’s military might poses questions

Jan 16, 2011

PARIS ― Robert Gates’ official visit to Beijing, probably the last before he leaves the office of U.S. secretary of defense, was a frustrating affair, distinguished by China’s reiteration of its warn...
[Ching Cheong] Rocky ascent to China’s power peak

Jan 16, 2011

The next 12 months will be a critical period for the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the top leadership prepares to step down and hand over the reins next year. It will be no less critical f...
[Bennett Ramberg] Israeli options on Iran nuclear program

Jan 16, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Revelations in former President George W. Bush’s recently published memoirs show that he declined an Israeli request to destroy Syria’s secret nuclear reactor in the spring of 2007. Whi...
[Margaret Carlson] Militant Palin keeps crosshairs on herself

Jan 16, 2011

It’s a bad sign for civility when you can’t have a civil conversation about it. In the days since a deranged assassin gunned down Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 other innocents ― six of who...