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Funny things that happened on the way to an election

W. Scott Thompson wrote 8 months ago: LIKE A BROKEN RECORD: US voters are still hung up on old issues Todd Akin’s (left) comments on rape … more →

Thank you, Ryan, for re-electing Barack Obama

W. Scott Thompson wrote 9 months ago: FISCAL HAWK: Romney’s running mate’s targeting of the Medicare healthcare scheme will fr … more →

Floodwaters not the only thing rising in the Philippines

W. Scott Thompson wrote 9 months ago: SAMA-SAMA ATTITUDE: Increasing wealth, greater nationalism and better ties with US are powering the … more →

Syria on its knees as rebels land heavy blows

W. Scott Thompson wrote 9 months ago: STUDYING HISTORY: Rebels are getting more innovative in the final days of the war SYRIAN President B … more →

Shias and Sunnis battle it out for Mideast control

W. Scott Thompson wrote 9 months ago: SECTARIAN ISSUES: Sunnis would love to break the dominance of Shias USUALLY looking at a map is the … more →

For once, some good news in southern Thailand

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: Thai Muslim children receiving donations from soldiers ahead of Ramadan in Thailand’s southern Narat … more →

A show of statecraft

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: The 45th ASEAN ministerial meeting ended in Phnom Penh without an official communique — the first in … more →

True or false, or something in between?

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: A DECENT INTERVAL: In world politics, most leaders prefer to take the middle path WHEN George Aiken … more →

The broccoli decision saves poor Americans

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: BACK ON TRACK: Last week’s Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare is a victory for decency and against cr … more →

Hoping to put a boundary on Facebook's reach

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: ISN’T 20PC ENOUGH? One out of five Internet pages is now at or through Facebook ONE gets inured to n … more →

Putin faces Mideast realities

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: A QUESTION OF ‘WHEN’ RATHER THAN ‘IF’: If the civil war tips against Syria … more →

I've nothing to hide but stay out of my bedroom

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: PILLOW TALK: Diplomacy could grind to a halt if everything is on a microphone WikiLeaks founder Juli … more →

Every country for itself G-+

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: WORLD: Too many nations are competing for the same resources A man prepares to press the shutter on … more →

Character to play increasing role in US election

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Obama shows guts and courage while Romney is caught lying about ‘high school … more →

Why some nations are so rich while others poor

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: EXPANSIVE TOPIC: There is no single explanation for it DOZENS of books have appeared in my lifetime … more →

Behind the 'intel' game

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: HIGH STAKES: News that an al-Qaeda ‘bomber’ was an undercover agent is about celebrating … more →

Who's afraid of 3-D digital printing revolution?

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: NOT SCIENCE FICTION: The technology is so good that there are scientists ‘printing’ lung … more →

Philippines wouldn't mind some Chinese shell shocks

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: MISSTEP: Beijing has underestimated Manila’s resolve Graffiti in front of the Chinese consulat … more →

Obama can't take chances with 'October surprise'

W. Scott Thompson wrote 10 months ago: LEAKS IN WASHINGTON: Conspiracy theories abound in American politics and all eyes are now on Israel … more →


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