By Margot Chen 陳麗菊
In 1997, UK Labour Party leader Tony Blair gave social democracy a new image with his "third way."

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By Bennett Ramberg
Nuclear facilities as military targets? The drumbeat appears to be growing louder. Western leaders repeatedly declare that no option is off the table to stem Iran's nuclear ambitions. And London's Sunday Times reported last month that Israel put defenses around its Dimona nuclear reactor on "red alert" 30 times as worries grew that Syria would avenge Israel's September attack on a suspected nuclear site in Syria.

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By Donald Greenlees
At morning Mass in St. Anthony's Church on Sunday, Lancelot Rodrigues, an 84-year-old Roman Catholic priest, can name just about every member of the congregation in the sparsely populated pews listening to his sermon in Portuguese. He keeps the service short, to about 30 minutes. He knows from years of practice that brevity brings better crowds.

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Google is encouraging newsmakers to help hold journalists accountable by reacting to how the media quote them
By Noam Cohen
The days when the journalist had the last say about a subject are long gone. This thought is usually expressed by repeating -- and then dismissing as outdated -- the words of A.J. Liebling: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

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