World News & Opinion
A screenshot of the controversial anti-domestic violence website.
(www.hitthebitch.dk)
The 'Hit the Bitch' controversy
A Danish anti-violence campaign has created an online video game that rewards players for hitting a woman. Edgy, or just stupid?
Obama's missed Gitmo deadline
Is Obama's failure to close Guanatamo Bay by his January deadline due to external factors or inherent weaknesses?
Can Obama conquer China?
Chinese censors try to create a firewall to shield China's people from Obama's charisma
Did Obama bow too low?
Commentators are debating whether President Obama's greeting to Japan's emperor was respectful — or obsequious
Now is Obama 'dithering'?
The president faces mounting questions on what's holding up a decision on how to handle Afghanistan
What Obama must do in Asia
Should the president play hardball in Japan and China, or just smile and make nice?
Afghanistan: Obama goes back to the drawing board
Obama throws out old Afghan war options now that his ambassador has warned against sending more troops?
The right to have loud sex
A British court says Caroline Cartwright can't scream during sex because she scares the neighbors. Is noisy sex a right, or a privilege?
The last 3 living veterans of World War I
This is potentially the last Veterans Day with a living connection to those who inspired it
Fort Hood: What the world is saying
Newspapers from Dubai to Shanghai react to the Fort Hood massacre. Is it a gateway to Muslim persecution?
The Afghan-surge guessing game
One leak puts Obama's upcoming Afghanistan troop surge at 10,000, another puts it at 40,000. Is someone lying?
Who is Anwar al-Awlaki?
A quick bio of the Muslim cleric who praised the Fort Hood shooter for “doing the right thing”—and has sparked an FBI controversy
Berlin Wall: Dangerous nostalgia
Is it misguided to question whether Europe is better off 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Gordon Brown’s U.S. speechwriters
Did the British prime minister really need ex-Clinton speechwriters to polish his address to Congress?
Can Obama help Iran protesters?
What's at stake for the U.S. as Iranians demand change despite a brutal crackdown
Italy’s CIA crackdown
Why would U.S. ally Italy convict 22 CIA operatives for nabbing a Muslim cleric off the streets of Milan?
Climate change: Time to eat Fido?
A startling new book claims that pet dogs are more harmful to the environment than SUVs—should we listen?
How green is your pet?
A new book translates the environmental impact of Americans’ beloved dogs, cats, and fish into cold hard numbers
Afghanistan's aborted runoff
What Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from a Nov. 7 runoff does to Hamid Karzai's legitimacy
Tony Blair, president of Europe?
As the European Union moves toward an EU-wide presidency, Blair is an early, controversial, frontrunner.
