EACH New Year's Day lots of people make plans to do more exercise or give up smoking. But by January 2nd many of them have not moved from the sofa or are lighting another cigarette. Such triumphs ...

From his earliest days in the White House, our president has downplayed the terrorist threat from Islamic extremists. He declared victory as he pulled American troops out of Iraq, setting the stage ...

WILL the eurozone crisis end in 2013, or will it drag on throughout the year, and perhaps even deteriorate anew? This is likely to be not only the crucial question for the EU's further development ...

On March 20th the Senate passed a so-called “continuing resolution” that will pay for discretionary programmes for the rest of fiscal year that ends on September 30th. (The other part of the ...

Boyd Tonkin: This year, how about some new year's irresolution? Changes of mind lie at the core of almost every breakthrough in science, art and thought Monday 31 December 2007 01:00 GMT 0 Comments ...

Exploiting Irresolution, Sussman Paints Coherent Abstractions All sorts of clichés popped into my head while looking at the abstract paintings of Robert Sussman, on display at ...

Regardless of electoral outcomes in important EU member states, Europeans will remain unable to expect much from their political leaders in 2013, because opposition forces generally have little more ...