In a move widely seen as an attempt to subvert the Ukrainian opposition, former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for “exceeding her authority” while she was in power. From the Financial Times: In a verdict whose severity shocked thousands of her supporters protesting outside the courtroom, the judge also […]

The global financial hurricane has hit China. Declining investor confidence in Chinese banks forced the government to buy bank stock in order to maintain stability. Rapid inflation, a growing housing bubble, and increasing integration with the global economic market mean that China can’t escape the global crisis. From the Wall Street Journal: China’s sovereign-wealth fund […]

Either a lot of Democrats have been slandering millions of American voters as racist, or the Tea Party hasn’t gotten the word that Herman Cain is African American.  That is the only conclusion that can be drawn after a slew of recent polls shows that Cain is picking up the ‘teavangelical’ vote as former favorites […]

The usual grumblings attend the day on which we commemorate the most famous illegal immigrant in the history of the Americas, an undocumented wanderer from Spain who brought plagues, fire and the sword from the Old World to the New.Columbus Day is our most confused holiday celebration, one in which the public understanding of the […]

The next day or two could see some light posting on the site; the Mead clan and its affiliates and allies are gathering in Virginia to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of the Venerable Mead and the Grand Matriarch.  Their descendants (including the first of what looks to be a great host of great-grandchildren) are […]

Youth unemployment in Europe and the US; child labor in Asia, Africa and Latin America.We live in a crazy world.Global slowdowns reduce employment for adults, but they can open “opportunities” for cheaper child labor.  And in hard economic times, many poor parents need the income their kids can bring in — and don’t have the […]

For the past year, the debt crisis has monopolized Europe’s attention to the extent that many forgot the EU did anything besides argue about debt levels. Apparently many in Europe feel the same way, as efforts to bolster its relationships along its Eastern periphery — once a central focus of EU policy — have been […]

It’s not often you hear loud and public support for Jews in Arab newspapers, which is why Egyptian journalist Sharif ‘Abd Al-Ghani’s recent article in a Qatari paper is cause for celebration. Al-Ghani attacks Muslim preachers for their hateful language toward Jews. How, he asks, can preachers lead hateful discussion of Jews, yet venerate Moses? […]

Steve Jobs was one of the great innovators of our time, yet he never finished college. For Jobs, dropping out taught him more than staying in school ever could. For some people, that’s just the way it goes. As he told Stanford students in a 2005 commencement speech, Your time is limited, so don’t waste […]

It is said that there is more joy in heaven over one repentant sinner than ninety-nine who never go astray. Heaven must be celebrating the events in the country formerly known as Burma, which could one day become the country formerly known as Myanmar. As the New York Times reports: The thawing, while in its […]