Editorials
To Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program, Cut a Deal on Oil
Only the imposition of harsh economic sanctions brought Iranian negotiators back to the table for talks on its nuclear program last week in Baghdad. Only the prospect of lifting those sanctions can keep them there.
Help U.S. Economy With Visas for the Best and Brightest
To see the results of self-defeating U.S. immigration policies, you need only open your browser to www.canadavisa.com. There, you’ll see a shrewd neighbor fishing for talent at U.S. expense.
The Truth About Uncertainty Is That It’s (Mostly) Untrue
When corporate executives are asked why they don’t spend more of their record profits by investing in their businesses and hiring workers, they offer this mantra: uncertainty, brought on by President Barack Obama.
Oil Is the Key to Peace Between Sudan and South Sudan
What a difference a year doesn’t make. Last July, the birth of the Republic of South Sudan promised an end to a decades-long conflict that had claimed more than 2 million lives.
Soothe Cancer Agony Worldwide by Easing Morphine Controls
Based on an estimate of the morphine it would need in 2009, Burkina Faso ordered 153 grams (0.34 pound) of the drug, enough to treat the pain of eight terminal cancer patients. That year in Burkina Faso, 23,000 people died of cancer.
Facebook’s Saverin Left U.S. as a Taxpayer, Not a Traitor
Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of the social network and Facebook Inc., stands accused of violating the social contract -- the idea that government is based on an agreement among its citizens to ensure mutual protection of person and property.
Filling in the Details of the Obama Doctrine
What, exactly, is the Obama Doctrine, and how is it doing?
Don’t Let Polio, Nearly Dead and Gone, Come Back to Life
Nothing demonstrates human interconnectedness like the spread of infectious disease. Polio is now endemic to just three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. In recent years, visitors have carried it back to 39 previously polio-free states.
Facebook IPO Gave the Market Just What It Doesn’t Need
The biggest problem with Facebook Inc.’s botched IPO isn’t that there was no first-day “pop.” Or that the shares went into free fall over the next few days. It’s what it might do to investor confidence.
Hey, Germany: You Got a Bailout, Too
In the millions of words written about Europe’s debt crisis, Germany is typically cast as the responsible adult and Greece as the profligate child. Prudent Germany, the narrative goes, is loath to bail out freeloading Greece, which borrowed more than it could afford and now must suffer the consequences.
U.S. Must Educate Itself Beyond Affirmative Action
Since its inception in the 1960s, affirmative action has been constitutionally embattled, emotionally fraught and politically divisive.
JPMorgan’s Blunder Doesn’t Mean U.S. Should Bust Up Banks
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s colossal $3 billion-and-counting trading blunder has breathed new life into long-simmering calls to break up big U.S. banks. We agree they’ve become too concentrated, too complex and too unwieldy to effectively regulate or manage, but there are better solutions than asking bureaucrats to take them apart.
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