Today, America is the world’s unchallenged superpower. But how it chooses to take on the responsibilities of such a role makes a huge difference to world politics and the global economy.

Were fears about Argentina’s crisis bringing down its neighbors largely unfounded?

Will Hammacher Schlemmer’s new levitating scooter solve U.S. public transit problems?

Compared to Gerhard Schröder, would Edmund Stoiber really be all that different a chancellor?

Will a dose of fizz help Daimler-Chrysler’s image — and its car sales?

Are the region’s leaders — Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat — personally committed to ending violence?

Has the Lone Star State taken the phrase “living off the fat of the land” a bit too seriously?

Is it wrong to equate wealth generation with resource extraction?

Why is coal — the dirtiest of fossil fuels — still a priority in the Bush Administration’s energy plans?

What are the parallels between the intellectual and religious genesis of Texas and Israel?