Briefing: The rise of the Libertarians
July 10, 2008, at 5:40 AMLong considered a fringe party, Libertarians this year could actually play a pivotal role in the presidential election. What’s on their agenda?
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Briefing: The invisible casualties
June 25, 2008, at 4:33 AMIs post-traumatic stress disorder something new? As a formal diagnosis, it
Briefing: OPEC and the soaring cost of oil
June 18, 2008, at 5:25 AMTo a degree. After all, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Briefing: The struggle over the Golan Heights
June 14, 2008, at 3:14 AMWho controls the Golan Heights? Israel does, at least for now. But last month, Israel and Syria revealed that for the first time since 2000, they were negotiating the status of the disputed territory
Briefing: The dawn of the bionic man
June 4, 2008, at 9:32 AMThe advances in the past few years have been dazzling, and for those who have experienced the trauma of losing a body part, the new prostheses provide a startling degree of power and maneuverability. Wearing an artificial left arm to replace the one he lo
Briefing: The art market: A bubble about to burst?
May 29, 2008, at 10:58 AMHow well has art been selling? The past decade has seen an unprecedented boom in the international art market, reaching a climax in the last two years. Sotheby
Briefing: Coming to terms with NAFTA
May 22, 2008, at 11:13 AMWhat exactly is NAFTA? The North American Free Trade Agreement, an international treaty, was adopted in 1994 by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. It created the world
Briefing: Married to a mob
May 8, 2008, at 11:08 AMWhat is polygamy? The term polygamy, strictly speaking, describes any long-term, consensual mating arrangement in which the total number of partners is greater than two. In its common usage, however, the term generally denotes one specific form of polygam
Briefing: The global food crisis
April 24, 2008, at 11:03 AMIs the world on the brink of famine? Not at all. Farmers are producing record harvests. Last year, the world
Briefing: Hard times for the Dalai Lama
April 3, 2008, at 4:09 AMWho is the Dalai Lama? He is the exiled head of state and religious leader of the 6 million Tibetans, as well as spiritual torchbearer to 8 million Buddhists around the world who adhere to his branch of Buddhism. Considered the 14th reincarnation of Chenr
Briefing: A world that’s breaking up
March 20, 2008, at 3:02 AMIt’s a global phenomenon, with about 200 territories or ethnic groups seeking independence from their mother countries. In Europe, the ethnic Albanians who largely populate Kosovo last month declared their independence from Serbia, after more than a decad
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