As Donald Trump veers wackily from day to day, swearing before 30,000 Boy Scouts, publicly humiliating his attorney general and changing his mind on policy issues, he is raising alarm that the president of the United States might be mentally unstable.Caught unaware of a live microphone, Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island confided to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, “I think he (Trump) is crazy.” Responded Collins, “I’m worried.”At least we can agree Trump is not an inspirational leader on civ

The way the government is determining the fate of two nuclear reactors whose construction has been halted temporarily is as problematic as its policy to reduce the nation’s dependence on nuclear power. The government and a panel tasked with considering the issue have been ping-ponging over who should have the final say. Under pressure from the government, the panel eventually said it would make the call, but this then raised skepticism about its independence. The latest developments show that th

Granted, it is hard to separate politicians from populism. Nevertheless, what Korean politicians -- from President Moon Jae-in to opposition leaders -- do these days offers ample cause for concern. The Moon administration and ruling party -- taking advantage of or aiming to further bolster their high-running popularity -- is rolling out one populist policy after another. Indeed, one of Moon’s first public appearances since becoming president was related to his election pledge to turn all conting

For all the talk of America’s decline and China’s rise, Asians still seem obsessed with events in one corner of Washington, DC: the Federal Reserve. This week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee was the first I’d observed from Asia in 15 years. During that period, China’s economy has grown from about the size of Italy’s to surpass Germany and Japan and is now easily the world’s second-largest. Popular commentary and weighty tomes from academia, business, government and think-tank land