Genetically engineered animals embody an innovative technology that is transforming public health through biomedical, food, and environmental applications.

Congressional salaries must be uncoupled from those of their judicial and executive counterparts.

The resignation of Unicredit Bank's CEO is an indication of how in Italy, the operators of the financial system are part of a political system in which freedom, democracy and participation have been claimed in the name of sectarian and nepotistic particularism.

There can be an appropriate place for government subsidies to influence the choice of vehicle fuel technology. But such choices should be subject to rigorous cost benefit analysis with a high threshold for approval.

The proposed defense cuts pose an early test of character for the Republican House leadership.

A modern, balanced air force is a central ingredient in America's defense strategy and is the prerequisite to being able to intervene in the earliest stages of a conflict, and losing our current dominance would change nearly every calculation made by our leaders in trying to keep peace in the world.

Washington's hopes that Hashemi Rafsanjani will give up Iran's nuclear weapons program are profoundly misplaced.

Sharon's first few days as prime minister-designate of Israel bode ill indeed for the outcome of the ongoing Middle East war.