The world's great and good have criticized the Sri Lankan army for killing civilians during their civil war, but how do you end a war without breaking eggs?

England scraps freedom of speech for those who oppose Muslim violence.

If there's anything that passes John Kerry's "global test", it's bumping off pirates.

Should we be more concerned about Islamic terrorism? Or about Russia?

The Chinese dare not call in their loans to the US - their economy would collapse.

Far from being evil, sweatshops are a blessing for impoverished peasants - they're a huge step up for them.

AIG's troubles are not entirely their fault; paying the bonuses is actually in the taxpayers' best interest.

The taxpayers profit not only from paying the AIG bonuses, but from hoping that they're even bigger next year.

Sure enough, struggling Americans do cling to guns, religion, and family.

We call fundamentalist Islam "barbaric" only because we cannot find a harsher word.