La violencia trae al país de cabeza. Urge frenarla y la ciudadanía interesada en hacer “algo” concreto puede unirse a la campaña de Alianza Cívica que solicita a Barack Obama la adopción de tres medidas que frenen el contrabando de armas a México. Las batallas y las guerras se ganan...

El ataque sobre Libia lo dirigen todavía dos mandos militares distintos. Las decisiones políticas las toma una reunión de más de 29 naciones de cuatro continentes. Los objetivos los fija la ONU. Este es el mundo cuando Estados Unidos no dirige, o dirige tímidamente, como es el caso. El resultado...

General Motors said Thursday that it would temporarily shut a truck plant in Louisiana because it could not get enough Japanese-made parts, the first in what analysts say could be widespread disruptions at auto plants in North America because of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis half a world...

On Jan. 20, 1961, John Kennedy delivered his rousing Inaugural Address. But this speech was preceded, as William Galston of the Brookings Institution has reminded us, by an equally important speech: Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address. Kennedy’s speech was an idealistic call to action. Eisenhower’s...

We’re an overconfident species. Ninety-four percent of college professors believe they have above-average teaching skills. A survey of high school students found that 70 percent of them have above-average leadership skills and only 2 percent are below average. Men tend to be especially blessed with...

El presidente Felipe Calderón no supo qué hacer con su día en Washington. Se perdió en venganzas personales y generalidades en lugar de cuestionar las rutas de suministro de armas a los cárteles. Washington está habituada al poder y quien quiera influirla deberá llegar con un relato claro y bien...

It’s been nearly nine weeks since that tragic shooting in Tucson, and you may be wondering whether there’s been any gun legislation proposed in the aftermath. Well, in Florida, a state representative has introduced a bill that would impose fines of up to $5 million on any doctor who asks a patient...

When the remains of a Vietnam War soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified in 1998 using DNA, Pentagon officials proudly said that the days of interring service members as “Unknown” could well be over. But now, for the first time in decades,...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that education is the key to economic success. Everyone knows that the jobs of the future will require ever higher levels of skill. That’s why, in an appearance Friday with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, President Obama declared that “If we want more good...

When an officer was commended to his attention, Napoleon is reported to have inquired: “Is he lucky?” Luck is half the game. It’s no good having it and being incapable of using it. On the other hand, great striving may come to naught without luck. My sense is that President Barack Obama is a...