Editorials

Based on an estimate of the morphine it would need in 2009, Burkina Faso ordered 153 grams (0.34 pound) of the drug,... READ MORE

Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of the social network and Facebook Inc., stands accused of violating the social contract... READ MORE

What, exactly, is the Obama Doctrine, and how is it doing? READ MORE

Nothing demonstrates human interconnectedness like the spread of infectious disease. Polio is now endemic to just three... READ MORE

The biggest problem with Facebook Inc.’s botched IPO isn’t that there was no first-day “pop.” Or that the shares went... READ MORE

In the millions of words written about Europe’s debt crisis, Germany is typically cast as the responsible adult and... READ MORE

Since its inception in the 1960s, affirmative action has been constitutionally embattled, emotionally fraught and... READ MORE

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s colossal $3 billion-and-counting trading blunder has breathed new life into long-simmering calls... READ MORE

Recent weeks have seen what some are calling a “shareholder spring” in the U.S. and Europe. Investors, led by... READ MORE

Shortly before Francois Hollande was elected president of France, he went to London to reassure the financial community... READ MORE

Obesity has become a danger far greater than hunger. Yet amid the alarming stories about its harm to America’s health... READ MORE

U.S.-Egypt ties have become snarled over the past year. Many Egyptians resent the U.S. because it supported the deposed... READ MORE