The adults among us remember the joys we had as children spinning tops — watching an ungainly gadget on a tiny point whir upright against the odds, seemingly rigid, stable and secure. Published June 1, 2014
Gathering to honor our fighting forces and their families, we may not dwell much this Memorial Day on General Motors' humbled circumstances or fear what these portend for America's future. Published May 25, 2014
Watching guns fire in Ukraine, sabres rattle in the South China Sea, and the volatile Middle East, investors in jittery, high-priced equity markets worldwide hardly need another worry. But nevertheless, add tensions involving Ireland to the list. Published May 18, 2014
While fearful eyes concentrate upon events inside Eastern Ukraine, some ignore a larger threat that could change forever the way we live inside America, Western Europe, and Japan. Published May 11, 2014
What happened "unexpectedly" on the Crimean peninsula afflicting Ukraine months ago will spread. There are portions of other troubled nations that are certainly ripe for the picking. Published May 4, 2014
Woodenly bowing to a robot last week in Japan and far away from home, President Obama seems set to plunge America and allies over the abyss, in a battle with a rising Russia he is plainly not competent to lead, let alone win. Published April 27, 2014
We learn this Easter Sunday from The New York Times that President Obama now embraces his inner ostrich — Russian President Vladimir Putin is but a pesky irritant, causing problems in just one region of a world that America still rightly leads. Published April 20, 2014
If investors cannot realistically hope for more inspired and effective leadership anytime soon, why should they continue to hold onto GE common shares? Published April 13, 2014
Like Michaela and Tareq Salahi, the party crashers who sneaked into President Obama's first state dinner in November 2009, the Indian general election that begins April 7 and runs through May 12 threatens the Obama administration with a relentless string of unwelcome comparisons. Published April 6, 2014
When Mary Barra, chief executive officer of General Motors, testifies before a House committee on Tuesday and a Senate panel Wednesday, the American public should hear the whole story about the purported "rescue" of her storied enterprise, not simply details concerning the growing raft of recalls and product liability claims. Published March 30, 2014
Before elected officials in Russia last week, President Vladimir Putin expressed a simple doctrine: once a people anywhere vote to affiliate with the Russian Federation, he will swiftly embrace the expressed will of the people. Published March 24, 2014
From faculty lounges and think tanks, foreign policy thought leaders explain that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "thuggish" behavior in Ukraine damns him and his country before the civilized world. Published March 16, 2014
Mired in the first modern depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his inaugural address in 1933 by saying: "This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly." Published March 9, 2014
With the Olympic flame quenched in Sochi, attention now shifts to other contests where losing participants shed far more than tears of exhaustion. Published February 23, 2014
The most important president in America may not be Barack Obama, who chases golfing dreams in drought-stricken California while we pause this holiday to honor giants like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan. Published February 16, 2014
Finally liberated from his NBC job, Jay Leno — an inveterate saver, who turns 64 in April — now can laugh his way into a long, luxurious retirement. Published February 9, 2014
