For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been dominated by a world economic order that combined Chinese export-led development with US over-consumption. . . .
We are still in a great public debate between capitalism and socialism, and individual freedom versus statism — odd since hundreds of millions worldwide have escaped poverty the last 30 years due to the spread of Western-inspired free markets. . . .
Today’s idea: The priest sex scandals and the Roman Polanski case show a shift in American attitudes against pedophilia, an essay says — after a period in which “some enlightened folk took a considerably more relaxed view of the question of sex with youngsters.” . . .
Naveed Haq has just been convicted of aggravated murder for killing one woman and injuring five others in a shooting spree at the offices of the Seattle Jewish Federation. . . .
David Brady, the McCoy Professor of Political Science and deputy director of the Hoover Institution, will kick off a continuing education course examining the challenges and accomplishments of Obama's first year as president. . . .
