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...Priority No. 2 for Rasmussen is Russia, which has always seen NATO's post-Cold War expansion as a threat to its own security. Rasmussen concedes that NATO needs to get better at explaining its intentions and convincing Moscow that there are areas of common interest - Afghanistan, ending the spread of weapons of mass destruction, piracy - on which the former adversaries can work together. In the long term he imagines a "true strategic partnership" between Russia and NATO. But he insists that the organization will remain open to new members - which potentially means Ukraine and Georgia, both of whom have...
...that nutrition is 50% of the target. For years we have been told how to exercise but not how to eat better foods. There is another factor: in a country where all-you-can-eat offers are everywhere, portion control is derided in favor of eating big, which is seen as a birthright. I was recently in Hong Kong and I passed by an American-style restaurant, and outside the window there was an ominous sign posted: "Caution, American-size portions served here." In my mind, that says it all. I live in Europe where food is enjoyed but rarely...
...contrast the power of legislators in the U.S. with that seen elsewhere. Typically, even in those nations that call themselves "parliamentary democracies," where leaders are drawn from the political party with a majority in the legislature, genuine independent lawmaking is a rarity. Legislative proposals are drawn up in the executive, with the assistance of permanent bureaucrats, and handed to diets, assemblies or parliaments for a ritual rubber stamp. Very occasionally, in Britain or Germany, Japan or France, a politician will make a name for what they do in national legislatures - in Britain, there was a long tradition of leaving socially...
...business to go around. Even in dismal 2008, the industry expanded. While some clients have trimmed hours in the downturn, new ones just keep coming. This wave of seniors seems unstoppable, says Sheila McMackin, president of the National Private Duty Association, an industry trade group. "I've never seen anything like...
Investigators found a female body yesterday evening inside a wall in the basement of the research facility where missing Yale graduate student Annie Le, 24, was last seen Tuesday morning. Officials could not confirm last night whether the remains belonged to Le, according to an e-mail Yale President Richard C. Levin sent to the community yesterday evening. An autopsy will be performed by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, but police are assuming the body is Le’s, according to the Yale Daily News. The case has now been labeled a homicide investigation. Just yesterday...