Vincente Fox's provocative words may ensure that Mexico's 2012 presidential campaign will include a healthy debate on whether its citizens are committed to building a modern, law-abiding society or prefer to tolerate drug corruption that stunts its economic and political growth.

America is playing and can play a vital role in helping bring relief to millions who are patiently waiting for the basic necessities of life that they took for granted until last Friday.

Turkey has changed from a secular nation to an Islamic republic that is more aligned to Iran than to the democracies of Europe, shifting it from an American ally to an enemy.

Although there are many reasons for the existence of the "special relationship" between Washington and London, the cornerstone of that relationship from its first days has been shared "hard power" in the areas of intelligence and defense.

If Israel's enemies woulddisavow genocide, eschew religious extremism, halt terrorism, adopt democracy, andpractise tolerance andcompromise--then Americans would like them more.

U.S. sympathy to Kurdistan is understandable but is increasingly based on a myth.

Losing money is embarrassing. And an embarrassed Jamie Dimon publicly admitted that J.P. Morgan Chase goofed. Three senior executives lost their jobs as a result. But politicians and regulators in Washington are rushing to leverage the bank's misfortune for their own gain.