One can understand why the "race-in-your-face" remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright prompted Barack Obama to conclude that with a friend and pastor like that, he doesn't need too many enemies...
One newspaper story that caught my eye recently was about two high-powered schools in South Korea where Korean girls study 15 hours a day, preparing themselves for tests to get into elite colleges in the United States...
The primary season in American presidential politics is without parallel, serving one overarching purpose of vetting candidates for the toughest and most demanding job in the free world...