Editorials
Obama’s Hasty Exit From Afghanistan Puts U.S. Military Gains at Risk: View
On Afghanistan, Washington’s military and political leadership is divided into two camps. Neither is likely to be fully satisfied with President Barack Obama’s decision to bring the conflict to “a responsible end” by bringing home 10,000 U.S. troops by the end of this year and 23,000 more before the end of next summer.
Fed Can’t Save Economy So Politicians Better Get to Work: View
Ben Bernanke is running out of bullets. That should be a sobering fact for politicians still bent on playing games with the debt limit.
Math to Reach $62 Trillion in Debt Requires Leaps of Logic: View
On June 6, USA Today led the paper with bad news. “The federal government’s financial condition deteriorated rapidly last year, far beyond the $1.5 trillion in new debt taken on to finance the budget deficit,” the newspaper wrote.
Class-Action Suit Against Wal-Mart Was Too Big to Succeed: View
Everything about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is big. Total sales, at $422 billion last year, exceeded the gross domestic product of all but 18 countries. Its 4,300 U.S. stores employ more than 1.4 million people, more than any other U.S. company.
Take No Comfort in Talk of a Newly Weakened Al-Qaeda: View
As the Obama administration prepares to announce a specific number for the first round of promised troop reductions in Afghanistan, starting in July, U.S. officials are talking up the idea that al-Qaeda proper is broken. Listen very carefully.
Rising Wealth Is the Way to Fulfill China’s Revolution: View
China’s rise as an economic power presents the world’s rich nations with a quandary: How should they handle an authoritarian state intent on joining their ranks? In seeking a solution, it’s important to recognize that a prosperous China is in everyone’s best interests.
Failing Schools? On Waivers, It’s Congress That’s Flunking: View
No Child Left Behind, the package of federal education reforms approved in 2001 is now in dire need of reform itself. On June 10, Arne Duncan, the U.S. secretary of education, said he might take things into his own hands if Congress doesn’t act.
Libya Provides Opportunity to Renew U.S.-Europe Alliance: View
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared last week that Europe’s declining military capabilities and its lack of political will threaten the viability of NATO. That’s correct, although it isn’t news. Ten years ago, Lord Robertson of the U.K., who was then the alliance’s secretary general, stated the problem more colorfully: “Europe is an economic giant,” he said, “but a military pygmy.”
California’s Citizen Map Could Lead U.S. Out of Political Gridlock: View
Republicans are angry. Democrats are running for cover. And the executive director of a group that represents Latino officials of both parties has called it a “worst-case scenario.” It seems the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has hit a nerve.
Reframing the Broken U.S. Relationship With Pakistan: View
The events of the past week are a cold shower for any who hold out hope that the U.S.-Pakistan relationship is on the mend. The latest round of bad news started June 11, when the Washington Post reported that members of the Pakistani military might have tipped off terrorists that the U.S. had identified the location of their bomb-making factories, allowing them to elude capture.
Save U.S. Trade Deals by Fixing Job-Training Programs: View
When President John F. Kennedy set out to cut tariffs in 1962, unions feared imports would hurt the likes of Ohio steelmakers and New England shoemakers. So Congress enacted Trade Adjustment Assistance, an aid plan for displaced factory workers. The creaky program is still with us almost 50 years later. It needs to be recast for the modern global economy.
In Boeing Case, Machinists Are Picking the Wrong Fight: View
Yesterday in Seattle, an obscure administrative court heard a case that unions are hoping will help them stem the painful decline in labor’s bargaining power. In this instance, the unions have picked the wrong battle.
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