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.

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.

The EPA has done well to stop something bad.

If Al Gore is seriously worried about rising sea levels, he ought to advocate letting us return to unpatented, cheaper Freon.

Time magazine gets a clue on welfare, and advocates "creating livelihoods."