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Iraq Teach-In QA

Bruce Ackerman et all
March 26, 2003

Coral Reefs Twice Size of Manila Destroyed

May 26, 2011
Black-coral colonies are thousands of small animals that grow slowly over centuries, in subtropical and tropical waters, at a rate of about one centimeter per month. The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora bans the harvesting of Antipatharia, which...

A Global Approach Is Needed to Beat Inflation

August 26, 2008
Inflation invites discontent, because wages purchase less as the prices of goods and services rise. Central bankers, including those in the US and China, should cooperate in combating inflation, urge Adam Posen and Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in an essay...

Agreeing on Africa, Up to a Point

June 8, 2005
As incoming president of the G-8, Tony Blair has made reducing African poverty the focus of his agenda, aiming to pardon the continent's staggering debt and increase aid by US$50 billion. But he faces opposition from Germany, France, and Japan – who propose focusing efforts on just five...

Muslims Lash Out at Pope's Remarks

September 15, 2006
Muslim clerics and leaders have lashed out at criticism from Pope Benedict XVI about Islam and the concept of “jihad.” Some Muslim pundits suggest that the criticism was steeped in arrogance, considering that the Catholic Church sponsored ample bloodshed over the centuries. The Muslim Brotherhood...

Sleepy City Has High Hopes, Dreaming of High Tech

November 20, 2003
The sleepy farm state capital of Chandigarh may soon become the "technology hub of northern India." In recent years, tens of thousands of jobs have flooded to India from the US and Europe as high tech companies, attracted by cheap, qualified labor, transfer their call centers en masse....

Why Obama Shouldn't Cave on Trade

September 11, 2008
The Democratic Party in the United States is divided over the benefits of free trade, and support has shriveled in recent years even among working-class Republicans. While many pundits and politicians insist that open trade enriches all, other analysts suggest that inserting conditions into free-...

Can Governments Till The Fields Of Innovation?

June 24, 2009
Innovation has long been seen as the product of hard work, luck, belonging to the private sector. But governments around the world are now trying to accelerate and influence domestic innovation. Several countries now have governmental leaders or even whole departments designed to spur growth...
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