After undertaking months' campaign to collect 1 million signatures endorsing its proposed referendum, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had a sudden change of heart two weeks prior to election day and asked voters to boycott tomorrow's referendums -- including its own.

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By Lu Shih-hsiang 盧世祥
DURING THE AUTHORITARIAN era, the news media in Taiwan had to fawn on the party-state authorities. Together with educational institutions, the media had to do the dirty work of brainwashing the public to its political ends. To this day many Taiwanese still haven't realized this.

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By Huang Tien-Lin 黃天麟
ON A RECENT political talk show, a commentator criticized the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) in heated terms for failing to lend its support to Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate. The commentator insisted that this is an indication that the TSU has strayed from pro-localization principles, and he advised voters to abandon the TSU. This scene filled me with dejection.

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By Paul Lin 林保華
RECENT TV COMMERCIALS by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) make me worry about Taiwan's future. How can it be OK for the KMT to use its party assets to distort facts? It professes to love Taiwan while making it look bad. Its ideology is pro-China and anti-Taiwan.

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By Thomas Schelling
The uncertainties about climate change are many and great. How much carbon dioxide may join the atmosphere if nothing is done about it? How much global warming will it cause, and how will local climates, ecosystems and vulnerable species be affected? What impact will such changes have on productivity, comfort and health? And, of course, what are the likely costs of shifting to renewable energy sources and energy conservation?

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Liaquat Garden now has the dubious honor of witnessing the deaths of two major figures in Pakistan's history. Was the 'establishment' responsible?
By Nadeem Sarwar
Liaquat Garden has long been a popular spot for young Pakistani couples to meet. Today, however, it has morphed into a shrine after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

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