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| Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Faith, in its place |
| Has America anything to learn from the violent reactions to those Danish cartoons? We are proud of our tradition of freedom but expect it to be exercised responsibly: There has been a remarkable degree of acknowledgment here that the cartoons were insensitive, matched by shock at the viciousness of the rioting and the rabid level of intolerance. Even Muslim journalists in Jordan and Yemen who published the cartoons so as to condemn both them and the incitement and overreaction now face trial. Ominously, that's because the authorities in these Islamic societies are fearful of losing ground to the extremists. This confluence of religion and politics can be malign. |
| Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST No more Mr. Not-So-Nice-Guy; investors are spreading their wings; China steps it up a gear |
| No More Mr. Not-So-Nice Guy |
| Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST A Bush visit doesn't change the fact that spending on alternative fuels is down |
| GOLDEN, COLO.--Even in the roller-coaster world of cutting-edge energy research, it was a speedy reversal of fortune. Thirty-two staffers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, laid off two weeks earlier because of budget cuts, got their jobs back last week--just in time for a visit by President Bush touting a new drive to break the nation of its oil habit. |
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