The Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) resounding election victory has given it more than a two-thirds legislative majority and the power to impeach the president. With the four seats of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, it in effect has a three-quarters majority and the power to amend the Constitution.

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By Jerome Keating
AS THE DEMOCRATIC Progressive Party (DPP) regroups after its dismal performance in the Jan. 6 legislative elections, there are several things that its members should realize.

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THANKS TO THE adoption of a new electoral system -- the single-member district, two-vote system -- the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) won nearly three-fourths of the legislative seats in the Jan. 12 elections, giving the party the ability to control the legislative agenda. This will have a far reaching impact on the legislative climate.

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Psychologists are spending a lot of time trying to figure out why young people today seem so narcissistic, and debating whether that's a bad thing
By Stephanie Rosenbloom
In each of the following pairs, respondents are asked to choose the statement with which they agree more:

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By John Noble Wilford
The ancestral relationships of people living in the widely scattered islands of the Pacific Ocean, long a puzzle to anthropologists, may have been solved by a new genetic study, researchers said on Thursday.

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By Nick Carey
A house in this wealthy Chicago suburb is far beyond the reach of most Americans.

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The rush is on to analyze, interpret and spin the meaning of the Jan. 12 elections and the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) capture of a nearly three-fourths legislative majority. Pundits have discussed reasons for the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) loss: a repudiation of President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), an incumbent effect, perceptions of poor economic performance, resurfacing of local factions and a low voter turnout to name a few.

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