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Free-speech guerrillas focus on what divides

The attack occurred just a few minutes before I arrived at the Charles de Gaulle Airport on one of my yearly homecoming trips. By midday Jan. 7, 12 people, …

The postmodern autocrat’s handbook

The concept of dictatorship is badly in need of revision. The old model of remote tyrants inflicting arbitrary, often eccentric, edicts on their cowed or …

[Albert R. Hunt] College degree for presidency?
[Albert R. Hunt] College degree for presidency?

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has buzz. He has impressed conservative activists in Des Moines and is the front-runner for likely Republican Iowa caucus-goers, …

Following the road map to prosperity

How does a nation or state create economic growth and rising living standards for its citizens? Once upon a time superstitious economists believed that growth …

[David Ignatius] A breakthrough on trade
[David Ignatius] A breakthrough on trade

Strange bedfellows of 2015: As the Obama administration pushes toward a major new trade agreement in Asia this spring, it is developing two unlikely allies ― …

[Editorial] Unfortunate memoir

Former President Lee Myung-bak’s memoir has become a politically contentious issue, further straining the Park Geun-hye administration, which is already …

[Editorial] Sex crimes in the military

The recent comments made by the Saenuri lawmaker Song Young-keun in relation to a sexual assault case in the military reveal why the country’s military is …

What failed in the great crash of 2008?

To solve a problem, it is not enough to know what to do. You actually have to implement the solution ― and be willing to change course if it turns out that …

[Martin Schram] Again we must say: ‘Never again’
[Martin Schram] Again we must say: ‘Never again’

“The Fuhrer has ordered that the Jewish question be solved once and for all, and that we, the SS, are to implement the order. I have therefore earmarked …

America pivots south, to India. A message for China?

A return visit to Korea may not yet be on the travel schedule, but a visit to India earlier this week by U.S. President Barack Obama may signify that South …

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