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A Lesson That Thomas Could Teach

June 29, 2007
For the past two decades, US firms have relied on an outsourcing strategy: They move manufacturing operations overseas where they can employ workers for low wages, distancing themselves from production and condoning secrecy about factory practices. But this strategy has repercussions: After...

Brutality and “the Beast”: Why Child Migration to US Is Slowing Down

August 13, 2014
The numbers of children detained after crossing the US southern border is slowing. A Reuters team points to tighter enforcement at the border and for cargo trains moving northward, including increasing the speed of trains; road checkpoints; anecdotal tales about crime and drug gangs; high profile...

Mass Effect of Global Downturn

August 17, 2009
In 2004, news of a tiny Kerala church in India holding a Mass to pray for the renowned British soccer player David Beckham fascinated the global media. Although Beckham’s celebrity certainly contributed to the focus, “Mass intentions” – applying a Mass for a specific purpose – had been around long...

Aid Is Good, Business Is Better

September 1, 2008
Africa lags behind other continents on most indicators of development, largely because the cost of doing business is too high, suggest the president of Liberia and the chairman of De Beers, writing an opinion essay together for the International Herald Tribune. Record amounts of aid flow to the...

US and China Come Together Over Defiant North Korea

January 25, 2013
North Korea’s leaders have long sought international attention with threats of missile launches. Rather than ignore the errant behavior, China now sides with the United States. After meeting with Chinese officials, the US special representative for North Korea reported that “Both sides agreed that...

Moscow’s Mysterious Move on Cyprus

March 28, 2013
Russian deposits may account for about one third of Cypriot bank accounts worth more than €100,000, which could be frozen and taxed by up to 25 percent as part of a EU bailout deal. Russian President Vladmir Putin has denounced such methods for rescuing the Cypriot economy and “many non-Russian...

Bloomberg Should Have Rethought Articles on China, Chairman Says

March 21, 2014
The chairman of Bloomberg L.P. waved a white flag over news coverage on China – and suggested that investigative journalism is inappropriate for a company that sells expensive business terminals. Peter T. Grauer’s comment as reported in the New York Times – “Our approach is pretty much to tune out...

Hands-on Diplomacy

June 3, 2003
Although tensions remain between the US and many of its European allies, it appears that US President George W. Bush is slowly backing away from the notion that American might makes right, says this Mercury News editorial. Despite continued unilateral action in Iraq, Bush has begun utilizing...
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