The Washington Times

There’s that sight again: The captain of industry or titan of Wall Street emerges from his palatial home in the early morning light. But this time he is in handcuffs, being led by a squad of police and prosecutors, who have visited him at six in the morning to arrest him on charges of nefarious financial wrongdoing and lead him away as his bleary-eyed wife and children look on and the cameras roll and click.

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The Washington Times

The question of whether [or perhaps now, how much] the administration of George W. Bush and Republicans in general will be tainted by the ongoing corporate scandals and the slump in the stock market, and accordingly punished by the electorate, is certainly an interesting one. But may I suggest that there is something rather more important here than that, namely, the future of global economic liberalization?

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The Washington Times

Strange question, perhaps: Why is American foreign-policy making so good? The reason the question is strange is that U.S. foreign policy, like Rodney Dangerfield, gets no respect.

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The Washington Times

In November, NATO countries will meet in Prague to issue invitations for alliance membership to a number of the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Prime ministers from the current group of aspirants, numbering 10 in all, gathered here last week for a fifth and final time before Prague to reiterate the commitment they first set out in Vilnius, Lithuania, two years ago – to work together and in support of each other toward alliance membership.

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The Washington Times

What is striking this Fourth of July week is something rather unstriking – the presence of large numbers of American flags all across the landscape. In years past, Independence Day was indeed the time for festooning the country with red, white and blue. But usually by the fifth at the latest, the bunting had come down and the flags restored to the cupboard drawers.

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