United States: Bipartisanship on the Cheap

The Growing Climate Solutions Act, if signed into law, won’t cost a lot of money, won’t hurt anybody, but won’t go far in curbing greenhouse gases.

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The Complexity of Split Identities

What it is like being Chinese in Indonesia.

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An Evolving American Language

The American language becomes inclusive, gender neutral and racialized, as well as ugly and inaccurate.

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Sex and the City in Medieval India

What explains the disappearance of erotic sculptures from Hindu temples in modern India?

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Israel: Confronting Central European Revisionism

How Israel’s new foreign minister deprives Central European nations of moral cover

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Relishing the Radish

A cultural and culinary history, plus: A recipe for radish, parsley and goat’s cheese salad.

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Aiding Central Americans is the Ethical Thing to Do

The U.S. has a duty to compensate the people of Central America whose tragic circumstances it helped create.

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China in My Life — A Personal Journey: The 1950s

How does the emergence of China look through the prism of a Westerner’s life?

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Critiquing Colonialism: A Double Standard in Action?

Protesting the atrocities of the past should not become an excuse for ignoring the injustices of the present.

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Will Donald Trump Be Criminally Prosecuted?

Cyrus Vance, Manhattan’s District Attorney, is gunning hard to finally get Trump.

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