Should prediction markets fall victim to laws restricting gambling?

The Democrats are taking us down the wrong road.

Amonth before a major election, the Republicans have allied themselves with a scattering of voters who are upset by online gambling and have outraged the millions who love it.

Late last month, as Congress rushed to adjourn, lawmakers passed legislation that would make it a crime for credit card companies and banks to send payments to Internet gambling sites.

What impact will a new law banning online gambling have on innovative information markets?

Who is the most important black leader in America today? The answer may be changing.

Pakistan is at a crossroads. With the massacre of scores of security forces in an apparent retaliatory attack by militants, and US demands for tougher action against al Qaeda and the Taliban, room for Pakistan to play both sides of the war on terror is rapidly shrinking. The big questions raised by this watershed moment may force Islamabad into making existential choices.

Less than a quarter-century after Scoop Jackson"s death, we must now mourn the end of the Scoop Jackson Democrat.