Global-related Sep 26, 2013

Mandatory organ donation

by Ted Rall

It is estimated that 18 people die in the U.S. every day due to a national shortage of organ donations. This crisis could be solved if organ donation were mandatory.

Global-related Sep 25, 2013

Odds for Assad spike higher

by Gwynne Dyer

It was already looking likely that President Bashar Assad's regime would survive. But the events of the past two weeks have made it virtually certain.

Global-related Sep 25, 2013

West gets a second chance for peace in Syria

by Jean-marie Guéhenno

he last-minute deal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control gives the West, which had run out of good options, a second chance to reach peace in Syria.

Global-related Sep 25, 2013

Diverse 'American exceptionalism'

by Cass R. Sunstein

American exceptionalism" began wth the Constitution's effort to establish a large self-governing republic, in which diverse views serve as both a safeguard and a creative force.

Global-related Sep 25, 2013

Deleveraging results garner incomplete grade

by Robert J. Samuelson

Almost everyone agrees that too much borrowing was at the core of the financial crisis and Great Recession. Where do we stand five years after Lehman Brothers

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

Overcoming regrets before they overcome you

by Edward Hoffman

Research is converging on the notion that what you regret, how often you do so and with what intensity have a big impact on our mental and physical well-being.

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

The limits of multitasking

by Kevin Rafferty

Studies of the effects of chronic multitasking suggest that the overwhelming risk of letting no task go untended is that you do nothing well.

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

Brazilians demand long-term change in slums

by Soraya Umewaka

Brazilian demonstraters want the government to invest in public transportation, better schools and hospitals instead of hosting mega-events such as the 2014 World Cup.

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

Don't be swayed by skeptics of report on climate change

by Will Hutton

Expect the fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be met by a barrage of criticism from the new "skeptical" environmental movement.

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

The irresistible rise of the Muslim middle class

by Shahid Javed Burki

The Muslim world's current turmoil is rooted in neither religious ideology nor sectarian struggle, but rather in increasingly assertive middle classes want a say in politics.

Global-related Sep 24, 2013

Medical heroes who labor in Syria

by Samer Attar

Good, moderate, responsible people on the ground in Syria should not be forgotten. These doctors and nurses embody an unyielding sense of hope and perseverance.

Global-related Sep 23, 2013

Art of national self-appraisal

by Andrey Borodaevskiy

Legislative activity in Moscow has been on the rise of late as Russia's parliament issues one new law after another — many of them antidemocratic and anti-American.