When Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the west, he took American and British missionaries along. In addition to translating, they also helped with education.

This video just gave us the best news we've heard out of the Middle East in a long, long time -- Iraqis are beginning to laugh at their leaders.

GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.

The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."

It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

The Romans understood nation building, an art we and the British have forgotten.