Five Best Wednesday Columns
On regulating the global media, Chicago's approach to global warming, and immigration
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On the shrinking Nile, political sex scandals, and interrogation deniers
On regulating the global media, Chicago's approach to global warming, and immigration
On recent graduates, Sudan's civil strife, and the European Union's struggles
On the Afghanistan end game, the word of the decade, and a very unspecial relationship
Optimism in Afghanistan, Lance Armstrong's legacy, and Medicare financing
On Paul Ryan for president, the G-8's fudged numbers, and the benefits of circumcision
On Russia's rigged justice, marginalizing climate change and more
On the dangers of hotel housekeeping, requiring voters to produce an ID, and more
Britain's "Big Society," the green card lottery, and the week of DSK, Arnold, and Newt
On migrants, the next GOP candidate, and American justice
On Mahler, Gingrich and Obama's message to the Arab World
On Strauss-Kahn, Palestine, and Portugal's Nazi gold
On privacy with Facebook and Google, intellectuals' arrogance about Qaddafi, and more
On stifling Jewish intellectuals, reading the Wikileaks files, and recalling the Civil War
On political wives, female genital mutilation, and the torture debate
On multicultural parenting, immigration reform, and Christians in the Middle East
On electric cars, the problem with teacher's unions, and joining with China to fix Pakistan
On testing chemicals, a politician's crusade against Islam, and the value of one's voice
On unemployment, graffiti, and torture apologists
On Pakistan, fighting terrorists, and the media's mishandling of student celebrations
On defeating a real enemy, regulating food advertising, and a terrorism-filled adolescence
On the future of al Qaeda, Pakistan and terrorism, and the benefits of school vouchers
On bin Laden's Death, choosing provisional leaders, and battling obesity
On gay rights, the royal wedding, and Isreal's mounting fears.
On rejecting torture, giving into birthers, and preparing for crisis.
On secretaries, Ben Bernanke, and Syria's D.C. lobby
On "good jobs," America in Libya, and Robert E. Lee in the American South
On the necessity of hell, the value of copper, and white America's social divide
On the realness of today's royals and why Americans embraced Greg Mortenson's novel.
On China's green energy, the psychology of bad behavior, and Obama's relationship with Facebook
On protecting artists, investing in Egypt, and how to approach teens about sex
On oysters at Passover, Ayn Rand in the theaters, and moving beyond 'I <3 Boobies'
On fixing Mexico's judicial system, keeping troops in Iraq, and focus in Afghanistan
On NATO's commitment to freeing Libya, the actual abundance of fish, and Obama's chances of reelection
On the mood in Libya, the truth behind the abortion fight, and the real Ayn Rand
On Facebook, the dangers of coal power, and the problem with burning Korans
On innovation in America, NATO in Libya, and foreign aid work that works
The Internet as a tool for terrorists, Harvard and the Qaddafis, and optimizing the budget
On the ideology of a shutdown, Kabbalah's pop appeal, and Bob Dylan in China
On 9/11 and Virgil, Glenn Beck and unemployment, and AARP's game
On pushing Qaddafi out, inflation as a debt solution, and Britain's long ties to Libya
On Paul Ryan's budget, the 9/11 mastermind's trial, and Richard Goldstone
On MLK's sugar-coated legacy, workplace distraction, and expensive alcohol
On helping Libya, the dangers of polygamy, and writing for free
On Obama's budget weakness, cyber security, and the value of good teachers
On the Syrian president, government shutdown, and preventing gun violence
On protecting Africa from Chinese interests, keeping nuclear power out of Iran's hands, and revamping medical malpractice reform
On the Libyan agenda, perspective in Japan, and human rights in China
Leonard Pitts on the violent Bible, The Wall Street Journal on the Consumer Protection Bureau, and more
On Qaddafi's narcissism, women taking voting for granted, and why the death penalty should go
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