TODAY'S COLUMNS AND COMMENTARIES

Mark Platte

One of the most oft-asked questions I get is how exactly we get our stories. Stories and story ideas come in from all kinds of sources: government meetings,... More »

Samuel Wilder King Ii And Jason Kerwin

On a cold winter night in February 1989, the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. The West basked in its victory, leaving Afghanistan in triumph and turning its attention to the collapse of the USSR. We forgot about the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan, who made our victory possible. More »

Jerome Groopman And Pamela Hartzband

One of the profound mysteries of medicine is why in the midst of an epidemic some people become severely ill and die while others remain unscathed. During the great plagues of past centuries, like the Black Death, smallpox and yellow fever, the answer was often cast in religious terms: Survival was a miracle and succumbing was a punishment. More »

Matthew R. Auer

It seems like proponents for tough measures on climate change have fallen on hard times. President Obama, who campaigned for strong American leadership to fight global warming, has backpedaled. More »

Ben Lieberman

A new global warming treaty would be all economic pain and little environmental gain for America even if China and other fast-developing nations sign on as well. But if developing nations remain exempt, it would be all economic pain and no environmental gain. More »

Garrison Keillor

We now interrupt Mrs. Palin's book tour to bring you Thanksgiving, a grand old holiday, and we in the book business are thankful for her, that a busy woman who wanted to tell her story chose the medium of ink and paper between hard covers. More »

Zhang Zuhua And Jiang Qishen

BEIJING — On his recent trip to China, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. More »