There must be something wrong with Americans if we fall for it.

To its difficulty and unpopularity another drawback to nation building must now be added its expense.

If the proposed subsidies in France and Germany have a defect, it is not that they are unnecessary, but that they do not go far enough.

But, based on the film and on a recent panel discussion with the filmmakers and a Muppets spokesman in New York City it was undermined by a common flaw in such partnerships.

There is one obvious and important caveat Poor Sino Japanese relations, owing to unresolved historical grievances, could prevent Japan from realizing the economic benefits implied by China s economic rebalancing.

Although they might not agree with either of these two apocalyptic predictions, many of Europe s leaders are coming round to the view that there is a need for change, and that the Greek case has revealed a flaw at the center of the project.