Instead of welcoming Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to its summit this week in Egypt, the African Union should have barred him as punishment for recklessly undermining democracy in his country. Zimbabwe’s recent election was a sham wrapped in deceitfulness inside an empty pretense.
As a result, Mugabe has less legitimacy than a speck of dust. Unless [...]

Two decades ago, when NASA scientist James Hansen presciently announced his virtual certainty that people were heating up the planet, critics understandably emerged in force. After all, we knew relatively little about climate change in those days. But now, with information in abundance, there is no excuse for the naysayers’ stubborn opposition.

Some critics have described President George W. Bush’s just-concluded swing through Europe as irrelevant, contending that the region essentially disregards him. Moreover, the critics continue, his visit bordered on delusional. After years of tension, how could Bush possibly have had the nerve to walk the streets of European capitals with such confidence and toss out [...]

Cuban officials have issued a predictable condemnation of the latest U.S. Department of State report on human trafficking. The annual assessment (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/105501.pdf) provides Washington’s view on how nations measure up in dealing with 21st-century slavery – a continuing global tragedy.
According to the report, Cuba earned a miserable rating, ranking among the countries that fall [...]

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. presidential candidates could learn a lesson from the history of the Ybor City neighborhood, once known as the Cigar Capital of the World. The district’s multicultural background – which dates from its establishment by businessman Vicente Martinez Ybor and others in the mid-1880s – underscores the importance of foreign-language training [...]