While politicians busily and loudly engage in meaningless wrangling and bickering, several groups of talented Taiwanese have been quietly and diligently making the nation proud.

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By Winston Dang
At the end of the Fifth Session of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee last month, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶) fielded questions on cross-strait relations at a press conference for foreign journalists.

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By Lin Cheng-yi 林正義
Since the Democrats took control of both houses of the US Congress in early January, a clear shift has taken place in the administration of President George W. Bush in terms of foreign affairs policies.

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By Jerome Keating
The Olympic Charter states that politics and sport should be kept separate.

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Cities like Chicago, where police are prohibited from asking residents about their immigration status, have come under fire from opponents who contend that sanctuary policies promote criminal behavior
By Nathaniel Hernandez
he question is taboo for local law enforcement in many US cities: Are you a US citizen?

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As the Virginia Tech tragedy illustrated, the explosion of new technologies has given rise to `witness-reporters,' but it takes a journalist to link all these stories
By Jeff Jarvis
The fundamental architecture of news has shifted -- again. We've already seen that news organizations' exclusive hold on distribution and content creation has dissolved. But now it appears that their pre-eminence as news gatherers is also challenged, especially during breaking news events. So during big news stories, what is the role of the journalist now? To link, it seems.

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With about 40,000 Iraqis fleeing their homes each month, nearly 13 percent of the population is now displaced but only 3,813 have been resettled in third countries
By Anna Husarska
Among the many humanitarian disasters produced by the civil war now raging in Iraq is one that is almost invisible. Rarely do scenes of massive displacement of the civilian population make it onto our television screens, because, unlike bombs and suicide attacks, displacement does not generate the blood, fire or screams that constitute compelling footage. Yet the numbers are staggering: Each month, some 40,000 Iraqis flee their homes because of the war. Half of them go to other parts of Iraq; the rest go abroad.

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