Turkish diplomats tell their American counterparts that they need the helicopters to combat Kurdish guerillas. Turkey may have other motives however. Turkish President Abdullah Gül has suggested Turkey might seek to punish Kurds collectively for the actions of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

As aesthetic values lose their importance to the European public, the old European sense that sacred things are not for sale has been replaced by the American attitude toward branding the downtown urban space.

As long as an organ shortage persists there will be black markets; the only remedy is more organs.

This event will discuss organ donation.

The SEC had previously eliminated all short-sale price restrictions on July 3, 2007, including prohibiting any self-regulatory organization from imposing restrictions such as the "tick" test. This action was based upon a well-designed statistical analysis demonstrating that restrictions on short selling produced little benefit.

Moreover, most allies haven't a clue how the pivot will manifest itself and what role they should be playing. If a "pivot" means anything, it is at the least keeping security commitments. Now Obama has made one -- helping Taiwan close the "fighter gap."

Robert G. Kaiser tells the story of how earmarks grew into a huge business and distorted our politics.

We should offer well-informed individuals a reward if they are willing to save a stranger's life.