As business and government leaders make their annual pilgrimage to the Swiss mountaintop village of Davos this week, they no longer fear that the world economy could fall off a cliff. . . .
Given the overwhelming crowds that swarmed Jaipur's Diggi Palace these last few days, I wonder what would have happened if weather hadn't forced many people to cancel. . . .
Harvard University professor, television historian and author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson has a message for Indians anxious about their future in an economically unstable world. . . .
To understand the sometimes glaring gaps between candidate Obama’s promises and President Obama’s policies, it is useful to appreciate an old tension in American progressivism. . . .
The policy I would most strongly advocate President Obama changing is profligate spending, and conservatives should help him do that by supporting cuts in defense spending. . . .
After last summer’s anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election in Iran, authorities set up show trials of over 100 alleged opposition leaders. . . .