We can still afford to act like America - Leonard Pitts Jr. - MiamiHerald.com That feeling is arguably the most significant casualty of Sept. 11. On that day, we elevated a mob of stateless criminals, a mafia in cleric's clothing, to the exalted level...

Can We Save Social Security Parade.com Any Social Security reform package is likely to contain some or all of these ideas. And it had better happen soon. Experts agree that the longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to solve the system’s...

Fighting Terrorism With Schools Parade.com Young women are the developing world’s greatest agents of progress. Just one year of schooling will dramatically raise a girl’s later economic prospects, and where girls get to fifth grade, birth rates...

China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities:Implications for the U.S - SusanThur - Open Salon Given its relatively low savings rate, the U.S. economy depends heavily on foreign capital inflows from countries with high savings rates (such as China) to help...

Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin as our rogue Evita - washingtonpost.com It's futile to try to ignore Palin, however noble the effort may be. She's a phenomenon, and it hardly matters that so many people believe she augurs the final...