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January 2, 2007

Economics
Interesting factoid (at least to me)

Dennis Berman reports (in his January 2 c1 Wall Street Journal column) that, according to Standards and Poors, "companies bought back $327 billion of their own shares, more money than they spent inve…

June 15, 2011

Defense and Security
Obama Answers Boehner on Libya

President Barack Obama walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) President Obama didn’t take long to answer Speaker Boehner’s letter yesterday want…

President Barack Obama walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters)

May 19, 2010

Energy and Climate Policy
What the PA-12 Special Election Says About Cap and Trade

The special election to replace the late Rep. John Murtha (D) was, as Politico notes, the only House race last night that really matterered to both parties. Democrat Mark Critz decisively beat Republ…

June 6, 2012

Pakistan
al-Qaeda (a.k.a. al-Qaida, al-Qa’ida)

A profile of the international terrorist network that the United States has singled out as the most serious threat to U.S. security.

February 22, 2011

Myanmar
Is Aung San Suu Kyi Going Back to Jail?

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with youths at the National League for Democracy (NLD) head office in Yangon February 8, 2011. (Soe Zeya Tun/Courtesy Reuters) Speaking with a …

Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with youths at the National League for Democracy head office in Yangon