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Analysis: Obama's Afghanistan problem gets worse

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a PR problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least....

Analysis: Obama's Afghanistan problem gets worse

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a PR problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least....

Uncle Sam's Teaser Rate

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
Low interest rates disguise the federal debt bomb.


US seeks to contain damage from Afghan shooting

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers....

US seeks to contain damage from Afghan shooting

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers....

Greece's Credit Non-Event

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
Bond default insurance is triggered. World does not end.


Allysia Finley: Coffee Is an Essential Benefit Too

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
Here are some other health-care mandates that government should impose on employers.


Crovitz: Steve Jobs, Price Fixer?

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
Government lawyers claim to know how much an e-book should sell for.


Bobby Jindal: Obama's Politicized Energy Policy

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
The president should reverse cabinet-level decisions that are at odds with affordable domestic production.


Charles Calomiris: An Insurance Policy Against Inflation

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
The Fed should increase its cash reserve requirement for banks in order to prevent excessive credit creation.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
Russian novelist Vasily Grossman on the meaning of 'freedom.'


John Yoo: The Good and Bad in Eric Holder's Drone Defense

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
The administration finally acknowledges there is a 'war' on terror. But it still prefers the law-enforcement paradigm.


O'Grady: The Looting of Haiti Teleco

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
A federal bribery case in Miami may shed light on how a well-connected U.S. firm operated during the Aristide years.


American Scene: Calif. megachurch readies for relocation, name change

CALIFORNIA

Crystal Cathedral readies for relocation, name change

GARDEN GROVE — The Crystal Cathedral is getting a new name, and the congregation of the financially struggling Orange County megachurch will relocate, its senior pastor announced Sunday.

The ministry will be renamed Hope Center of Christ, Sheila Schuller Coleman said in ...

WILLIAMS: End Fed's power; give it to free market

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Ron Paul wants to abolish the Federal Reserve. He may be right: It is hard to see how the Fed has enhanced our economy.

Since 1971, when President Nixon ended the gold standard, the dollar's value has been more volatile than in any previous period, not only in immediate, ...

US seeks to contain damage from Afghan shooting

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers....

Black churches as tourist entertainment

NEW YORK — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists - most of whom had arrived late - a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand. They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses ...

The Hazards of Empire

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
King Leopold never set foot in the colony he plundered so cruelly. After his death, Belgium governed the Congo in quite a different way. Martin Rubin reviews "Selling the Congo."


Brazil's new consumer class flocks to U.S. to shop

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mr. Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip ...

Can't quit the place, senators back for second act

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 03:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call `em the comeback crew....
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