Los Angeles Times

... Western ideas of free speech and advocacy for clamping down on it are a number of countries in the global south that feel alienated from the operation of the Internet, said Tim Maurer of the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation.

Now, in an odd turn, Democrats and others fear that the movie may give credence to those who say torture was necessary to track down Bin Laden. Those concerns are echoed by Peter Bergen, an intelligence expert who advised Boal and Bigelow on the film.

Written by Mark Hertsgaard, author of "Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth," it documents a stark threat to mankind's food supply: "By 2050, scientists project, the world's leading wheat belts -- the U.S. and Canadian Midwest, northern ...

If a report out Wednesday from Gabriel Sherman at New York magazine is to be believed, Fox News is now trying to distance itself from Rove's election-night shenanigans by strictly limiting his on-air appearances. Joining him on the bench will be Dick ...

Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator with the New American Foundation in Washington, said: “Yesterday at the United Nations the Palestinian leadership endorsed a two-state outcome. Today in its settlement decision on the ... Most of the ...

Tighter border controls, an improving economy in Mexico and recession-fueled anti-immigrant sentiments in the United States are posing problems for many U.S. employers who need foreign workers at both ends of the skills spectrum, said Tamar Jacoby, ...

I've finally stopped believing the tech gurus in skinny jeans and hipster glasses who preach about the glories of the new networked world in which everyone and everything are connected all the time. They make it sound as if the Cloud and Twitter are the answer to all our problems, social or otherwise. I don't buy it.

In "The Richer Sex," author Liza Mundy claims that 1 in 4 women out-earn their spouses. A subtext of this narrative is that men lack the communications skills, flexibility and social intelligence that are the key ingredients for success in the new economy.

"We're in the grip of a very big industry," medical journalist Shannon Brownlee says, "and it doesn't want to stop making money." PHOTOS: Celebrities by the Times. The desire to maximize profit makes it difficult for primary-care physician Dr. Erin ...

"People will identify with her whatever happens," said Shamila Chaudhary, who was National Security Council advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan until late last year and is now with the Eurasia Group research firm in Washingon. "There's a huge reputational risk in this for her" ...