- What Our Words Tell Us21 May 2013, 5:00 am
Gradual shifts in language use over the centuries reflect tectonic shifts in culture....
- When Governments Go Bad17 May 2013, 5:00 am
The I.R.S. and Justice Department scandals disrobe a culture festering in unrestraint and overreach.... - The Taxman Cometh15 May 2013, 5:00 am
Brooks and Collins on the I.R.S.’s attack on the Tea Party and the Justice Department’s disdain for the First Amendment.... - The Next Scapegoat14 May 2013, 5:00 am
Political one-upmanship has just hit a new low with the recent charges leveled against Victoria Nuland, the spokeswoman for the State Department.... - Started at the Bottom10 May 2013, 5:00 am
Four Hispanic young people peel back the curtain into a different wiring of aspirations and loyalties than those held by the empirical kids I described in March....
- Bernanke, Blower of Bubbles?10 May 2013, 5:00 am
With all the talk about financial bubbles lately, do current bond and stock prices make sense?... - The Chutzpah Caucus6 May 2013, 5:00 am
Looking for realism in all the wrong places.... - Not Enough Inflation3 May 2013, 5:00 am
The economic hole we’re in just gets deeper and deeper.... - The Story of Our Time29 April 2013, 5:00 am
A refresher on our economic woes, and why this is a very bad time for cuts.... - The 1 Percent’s Solution26 April 2013, 5:00 am
While the austerity doctrine seems to have imploded, austerity has strengthened its grip on elite opinion. Why?...
- The real cyber threat21 May 2013, 1:05 pm
By Mark Sparkman, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Mark Sparkman, a former senior officer with the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, is a senior international affairs analyst with the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. The views expressed are his own. The announcement by prosecutors that charges had been filed against suspected cyber thieves believed responsible for stealing […]... - Why Libya’s ‘isolation law’ threatens progress21 May 2013, 1:04 pm
By Anas El Gomati, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Anas El Gomati is a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center, and director of Sadeq Institute, Libya’s first think tank. The views expressed are his own. Libya may want to move on from its past, but a law passed earlier this month with the backing […]... - Does more money = happiness?21 May 2013, 1:04 pm
For more Last Look, watch GPS, Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN Economists have always been fascinated by the link between income and happiness. In the 1970s, we learned of the Easterlin Paradox. The economist Richard Easterlin argued that more money does not always lead to more happiness. Instead, more money often means […]... - What we're reading21 May 2013, 1:43 am
By Fareed Zakaria “One of the bigger ironies about the IRS imbroglio is that it had nothing to do with taxes,” writes Steve Rattner in the New York Times. “These newly formed entities didn’t seek 501(c)(4) status to avoid taxes – these groups don’t earn profits and therefore don’t pay any taxes, regardless of their […]... - Zanny Minton Beddoes answers readers' questions20 May 2013, 2:37 pm
"Fareed Zakaria GPS," Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN Zanny Minton Beddoes, the economics editor for 'The Economist,' responds to readers' questions on recent economic data, the national minimum wage and gridlock in Washington. Figures out this week suggest groundbreaking declined at home construction sites, factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region dipped. […]...
- Obama and Morehouse: The Bell Tolls21 May 2013, 10:46 pm
When I entered Morehouse College, in the late summer of 2004, I was told, quite literally, that there was a bell that tolled for me. Along with several hundred other freshmen, I had just...... - When You Shouldn’t Tell the President21 May 2013, 10:43 pm
It’s undisputed, at this point, that no one at the White House knew about the I.R.S. scrutiny of conservative organizations while it was happening. So the only issue now is when the White House learned of the investigation.... - Infographic: Apple’s Taxes21 May 2013, 10:13 pm
On Tuesday, top Apple executives, including the C.E.O. Tim Cook, were out of Silicon Valley and on Capitol Hill.... - The Justice Department and Fox News’s Phone Records21 May 2013, 9:34 pm
The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters.... - Venezuela, Black and Blue21 May 2013, 9:13 pm
There is a rift growing within Chavismo as it struggles to figure out where to go now and how to keep the country together and functional; indeed, that rift may have played some role in causing several recent fights....
- Without Water, Revolution19 May 2013, 5:00 am
The Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It’s what happens when drought, a fast-growing population, a repressive and corrupt government, and sectarian and religious passions combine.... - A Visit to Yemen’s Zoo15 May 2013, 5:00 am
The state of the endangered Arabian leopard may be a bellwether for Yemen and its people.... - The Yemeni Way12 May 2013, 5:00 am
The national dialogue taking place in Yemen is a lesson for other Arab nations.... - Postcard From Yemen8 May 2013, 5:00 am
A severe water shortage is taking a devastating toll on this breathtakingly beautiful country.... - This Ain’t Yogurt5 May 2013, 5:00 am
Just what would it take to put Syria on a path toward democracy?...
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