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A last dance with Kenneth Waltz
By Sreeram Chaulia The death on May 12 of one of the father figures of the theory of international relations (IR), Professor Kenneth Waltz, resonated with every academician who follows world politics. The founder of a dominant school of thought known as neorealism, Waltz, who died aged 88 from complications with pneumonia, was essential reading for generations of students and teachers who ...
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Philippine pivot in the South China Sea
By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA - After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has sought new ways to resolve its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite earlier hopes that China's leadership ...
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Japan tips its hand via North Korea
By Peter Lee The big story in Asia affairs today is a little trip that was supposed to stay a secret: the dispatch of Isao Iijima, adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to meet with senior officials in North Korea, thereby breaking the united US/South Korean/Japanese front in negotiations with Pyongyang. It is the first instance of an overt divergence between Japanese and US ...
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Syria highlights US political impotence
By Ramzy Baroud In an article published on May 15, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and Western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are ...
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Alibaba stocks up onmobile deals before share sale
By Sherman So HONG KONG - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which is said to be preparing for a public share sale that might be worth more than US$70 billion, is building up its mobile Internet business with a rash of acquisitions as the country's Internet users increasingly switch to mobile-phones and tablets rather than office-bound computers and home laptops. The move to ...
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Robert J. Samuelson Can Americans stem future increases in health care spending
We all know that Stein's Law will someday apply to health care spending, which has risen from 5 percent of the economy (gross domestic product) in 1960 to almost 18 percent now. What we don't know is how and when its share of the economy will ...
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Letters The buck stops here
Hearing of the administration's recent scandals, it's refreshing to remember President Truman who kept a placard on his desk which said: "The Buck Stops ...
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My view Why moderates lost the caucus vote
The real truth is conservative dominance has made moderates uneasy both because of public policy and their inability to be elected through the Republican Party process. Because the Republican Party has not voluntarily responded to moderate policies and candidates, they are trying to compel the party system to ...
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Letters Government health care
Lew Jeppson stops short of the conclusion he should have drawn ("The real death panel," May 18). If you don't want death panels, don't put government in charge of your health ...
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Letters Beware slippery slope
Was it irony or poetry that resulted in Hyrum Anderson's letter "Gun logical fallacies" being placed on the page adjacent to Michael Gerson's column about the recent exposure of IRS abuses of power ("IRS abuses bring out the libertarian in each of us," May 14)? Anderson is right as far as his stating that "tyrannical oppression is not the inevitable outcome of ...
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Bring sense to budget
Something about the state budget-writing process can cause lawmakers to lose sight of their fundamental purpose on Beacon Hill. That occurred to us as we perused the 725 (!) proposed amendments to the Senate budget proposal, debate on which begins tomorrow.To wit: One senator is seeking $15,000 to pay for signs that direct cyclists in the Pan Mass Challenge, a wildly successful cancer-fighting ...
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On Olympic Anniversary End Hurdles for Saudi Women
Now that the door is open to private school students, the Saudi Education Ministry should announce a long-promised national strategy to promote sports for girls in public schools and at all levels of education, both public and ...
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Robert Bennett With public trust waning Swallow needs administrative leave
Utah Attorney General John Swallow speaks out Jan. 14, 2013, in his office at the state Capitol about allegations that he was involved in improper ...
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In our opinion Prepare for outdoors
The warm-weather recreation season is beginning, and Utah families will be wise to take note that according to public health agencies, those most vulnerable to death and injury from recreation-related accidents are children under age 15. Already this month, a child was killed in an ATV accident and a teenager severely injured in a hiking fall. The National Weather Service has issued its annual ...
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Minneapolis motorcycle death leaves many questions
The driver of the motorcycle, Ivan Romero Oliveras, was killed during crash with a police squad at the intersection of 26th Street and Blaisdell Avenue. His passenger, Joselin Torrejon, was injured and is listed as serious at HCMC. Friends and family left flowers and lit candles at crash ...
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Why USC and not a black college Dr. Dre
Jimmy Iovine, the co-founder of Interscope Records, left, stands with partner hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, as they announce a $70 million dollar donation to create the new "Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts and Technology and Business Innovation" at the University of Southern California during a news conference at in Santa ...
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Endorsements The Times recommends
Tuesday's election marks a runoff not just for mayor but for the two other citywide offices and for several City Council seats. The Times has endorsed Eric Garcetti for ...
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Immigration A wider better welcome mat
Congress is undertaking the first major overhaul of U.S. immigration law since 1986, we have an opportunity to reexamine policies that may be harming our competitiveness when it comes to foreign students and scholars, especially in science, technology, engineering and math - the so-called STEM fields. Unless we offer international students the opportunity to pursue their careers, pay off their ...
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Letter Campaign Finance Reform
To the Editor: Re ...
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Letter Security at the Trade Center as the Police Dept. Sees It
To the Editor: Contrary to ...
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Letters The Tale of the I.R.S. in Cincinnati
To the Editor: Re ...
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Letter Death Penalty Paradox
To the Editor: Re ...
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Letter F.B.I. Directors Legacy
To the Editor: I was stunned by your front-page article about Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the F. B. ...
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Dont judge my service industry career
We’re in the midst of graduation season in Minnesota. With the metro area’s concentration of world-class universities and colleges, parents from all over the country and the world are attending their children’s graduation ceremonies. Once the relief of not having to fork over one more tuition bill wears off, the dread of "what’s next?" will set in. This past ...
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Mental illness has many faces
May is Mental Health Awareness Month - particularly noteworthy given the numerous news stories that we read online or see on the evening news. We have had our emotions stretched from fear to anger to sadness as we’ve heard about Aurora, Newtown, or any number of stories involving untimely deaths and heartache. I’d like to offer you a different face of mental illness. One in which a ...
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