Opinion
Nobel Peace prize may weigh heavily on Obama
Washington - The gold medallion given to recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't come with a ribbon, but the award could still end up being a weight around President Obama's neck.
Man in the Middle: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
His mates back in Newcastle, where he was born, and at Eton, where he was schooled, knew him as Mark, a soccer fanatic who later scored first-class honors at Oxford. Today, Thailand's urbane Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he dreamed of le...
Calls to boycott Obama's speech to kids offer a disturbing lesson in paranoia
While it long ago crossed the borders of reason and civility, the hysteria over healthcare reform is -- at some level -- understandable, because wellness and infirmity are really just stand-ins for those most terrifying of issues, life and death. ...
Cheney In 2012? Some Key GOPers Aren't Kidding
At first, it seemed like a joke. Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that -- if the 2012 election were to turn to national security -- "it's hard to think of a better candidate... than Richard B. Cheney."
Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace
Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace after humiliating herself on the Daily Show with John Stewart. An obviously prepared and informed Stewart calmly demonstrated McCaughey's entire position on health care reform to be as sol...
Dozen people carry guns outside Obama Phoenix speech; am I missing something?
About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, were among protesters who were outside a Phoenix convention hall, where President Obama gave a speech.
Sex, Drugs and Karaoke
Some say the opening of Tseung Kwan O’s first karaoke venue could corrupt young people and turn them to drugs. Winnie Yeung weighs up the great karaoke debate.
Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man
It was a heartwarming sight: Laura Ling and Euna Lee landing on U.S. soil and being reunited with their families. Then, after an appropriate amount of time for hugs and kisses, Bill Clinton appeared, descending from his movie-producer friend's pla...
Analysis: Obama's rare race foray a positive step
Perhaps the biggest "teachable moment" from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. saga was for President Barack Obama: If you want to improve race relations, you have to enter the fray.
What to learn in Obama's 'teachable' race moment?
You can't solve a problem if you don't discuss it. That's why some say that despite all the accusations and emotions hindering the resolution of the Henry Louis Gates Jr. imbroglio, there is opportunity for racial progress in President Barack Obam...
A Presidential Pitfall: Speaking One’s Mind
WASHINGTON — There is no owner’s manual for the Oval Office, no school to learn how to be a president. Perhaps most challenging for any new president is learning how powerful that megaphone really is. Every offhand word, every spontaneous remark, ...
Fellow Democrats give Obama heartburn on healthcare
With friends like these, President Barack Obama may not need enemies. Obama's hopes for passing an initial version of healthcare reform by August are dead in the Senate and on life support in the House of Representatives -- and his fellow Democrat...
Is President Obama's race behind the 'birther' conspiracy movement?
If you don't know what a 'birther' is, you're not alone. 'Birther' is a relatively new term that is used to describe a fringe segment of the population that ostensibly believes there is a vast cover-up by the government, Republicans and Democrat...
What Is He Thinking? Sanford Violates All Rules of Sex Scandal Management
If there's a manual for politicians on how to survive a sex scandal, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has spit on it, torched it and spread the ashes somewhere along the coast of Myrtle Beach.
All Obama, all the time: The president is getting overexposed
If President Obama's job approval ratings begin to dip, the cause isn't likely to be disapproval of policies so much as the public getting exhausted at an overexposed presidency.
Sanford affair renews questions about politicians and infidelity
Washington -- If one question rises as yet another politician falls from the love nest and lands with a splat, it's this: What the heck was he thinking? Elizabeth Edwards has scarcely finished her book tour of scorn. Eliot Spitzer is energetically...
The Hong Kong Connection
How do you define “Hongkonger”? In honor of the handover anniversary on July 1, Winnie Chau and Jojo Choi talk to 20 local residents to find out.
Berlusconi's Italy shows a strange type of feminism
The Berlusconi scandal reveals that far from being the land that feminism forgot, Italy is still a matriarchal society - Anyone who has been following the continuing saga of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, with its tales of Sicilian...
Is Iran More Democratic Than Thailand?
When angry demonstrators recently took to the streets in Iran, the seething masses claiming that they had been robbed of true democracy recalled recent protest scenes in Thailand. An obvious and dangerous trend in international politics is that wh...
Thailand should strengthen ASEAN pressure on Burma: professor
Burma's Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in prison, as activists worldwide took to the Internet and staged global protests, calling for her release. Ms Suu Kyi was moved from home detention to the infamous Insein prison i...