Commentary

The “ideological legacy” of Margaret Thatcher, according to the Economist, rivals “that of Marx, Mao, Gandhi or Reagan.”... READ MORE

Oil skeptics like to point out that the U.S. consumes 20 percent of the world’s oil but owns only 2 percent of global... READ MORE

Who thought that in stuffy old England in the 1980s a woman could act like a man and thrive, but here in the New World,... READ MORE

Sportswriters exist in a kind of creative tension. Pulling us in one direction is the desire to draw deeper meaning from... READ MORE

The April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon show little of the evil genius displayed on Sept. 11, 2001, only diabolical... READ MORE

Ten years ago, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself at a cafe in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem.... READ MORE

First comes Tax Day, then comes the Tax Grope. READ MORE

As a physician, I am glad for the mobile health-monitoring applications that allow me to help my patients sleep better,... READ MORE

How do people form political beliefs? When will they change their minds? When will actual facts matter? A recent study,... READ MORE

President Barack Obama’s second term has so far been a story of high liberal hopes and scant liberal achievements. READ MORE

As if to provide a warning to commentators, prognosticators, ax-grinders, think-tankers and television analysts about... READ MORE

Viewed from afar, even the bad news in Australia looks pretty good. Unemployment reached a three- year high last month... READ MORE