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Walls do not stop invasions: the ancient Chinese found this out the hard way; the French learned it in World War II; the Israelis are learning it now. The wall we are building to keep out Mexico is a terrible indictment of U.S. failures in diplomacy. It doesn't protect us from the outside; it traps us inside. We need to do better. Jack Kessler, SAN FRANCISCO...
Trade across the Mediterranean Sea has gone on from time immemorial, well before the Phoenicians grew rich on the Greeks' passion for purple dye. But El Phil's anecdote sums up the current dilemma faced by this ancient cradle of commerce. Today an enormous economic gap separates the northern and southern shores of the Med. Too often it is bridged by the illicit and perilous transit of desperate human beings, instead of by the sanctioned flow of commerce...
...dismiss the corruption charges filed against Thaksin. But the criticism of the P.M. wasn't limited to his relationship with his predecessor. The Democrats also charged that Samak has mismanaged the economy and dented national sovereignty by supporting Cambodia's bid to procure UNESCO World Heritage status for an ancient Khmer temple located on land some Thais believe is theirs...
Dart was busy all day. So busy, in fact, that it's hard to say honestly who controls the central-Arizona frontier. It's a no-man's-land where the law is only as real as the nearest cop. Dart took us to an ancient volcanic dome north of the border. It was nearly 40 miles (64 km) inside the U.S., but it was effectively the property of Mexican smugglers, who station spotters atop the hill. From there, a man with binoculars can monitor the movements of every CBP agent in the desert below. We climbed up and found...
Wide or skinny, plaid or plain, synthetic or silk, the tie is a Father's Day staple--nearly 4.5 million dads are getting one on June 15--and one of the few fashion accessories to have survived nearly 400 years of social change. Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat. But modern, mostly decorative neckwear dates from King Louis XIV of France, who first popularized the tie's predecessor, the cravat, after spotting the bow-tie-like embellishment on 17th century Croatian soldiers...