American society - indeed, Western culture in general - used to be based on duty. Your primary duty was to your family and to then to society.

We've made it impossible for an inventor of a truly revolutionary medical procedure to develop his invention here.

Why have the Chinese invested so much effort and resources winning influence with various African governments?

It's a federal crime to administer any medical treatment without FDA approval; this effectively outlaws any medical experiments that are too far outside the mainstream.

Our schools need reform. Obama is opposed.

When the space elevator is built, it won't be an American device.

The Times explained the current financial crisis before it happened.

We need innovation to continue living at all.

The Large Hadron Collider is shut down temporarily. Not so the drain on taxpayers.

One generation is enough.