Call it the Goldilocks military plan: Not too much, not too little, not too unilateral, not too American.
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All Confused On the Western Front: NATO and Libya’s Rebels Don’t Jibe
“Where is NATO?” the rebel asks, with no small amount of frustration.
Medicine: The Ethics of Abortion
Is it legally permissible and medically ethical to abort a woman for “psychiatric reasons”?
Eating Candy in Childhood Linked to Adult Crime
What parent hasn’t used candy to pacify a cranky child or head off a brewing tantrum? When reasoning, threats and time-outs fail, a sugary treat often does the trick.
Should Emergency Departments Turn Away Nonurgent Patients?
A few weeks ago, the American College of Emergency Physicians launched a campaign to derail proposed policies to reduce the use of emergency departments .
Afghanistan and NATO: Why Europe May Not Be Up to the Fight
Barack Obama arrived in Strasbourg on Friday for this weekend’s NATO summit enthusing about the military organization, which he described at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy as “the most successful alliance in modern history.” That it may have been. But Obama’s praise contrasts starkly with the scathing assessment of the state of NATO, now 60 years old, by European military analysts, who say that the gap in military capability between the United States and Europe has grown so big that in some places battlefield communication between NATO forces and their US allies has become difficult
With New Tribunals, Obama Unlikely to Close Gitmo Soon
The prison at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, is an ever more embarrassing problem for President Barack Obama.
The Mystery of Shakespeare’s Identity
Like alien autopsies and the second gunman, the belief that someone other than a glover’s son from Stratford wrote William Shakespeare’s plays is a conspiracy theory that refuses to die.
Heart defect baby loses battle for life
A baby born with his heart protruding from his chest died two weeks after undergoing complex surgery to correct the problem, doctors said Thursday. “We have lost him,” said cardiothoracic surgeon A.K
Manchester United players ‘targeted by laser’ in Turkey
Last season’s losing finalists Manchester United opened their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win away to Besiktas, while Wolfsburg beat CSKA Moscow 3-1 in Tuesday night’s other Group B clash. United made the daunting trip to Istanbul without England defender Rio Ferdinand, who is believed to have a groin problem following his comeback last weekend, and started with only one striker in Wayne Rooney