Firsts in 2010

What “firsts” in economics, politics, technology and demographics occurred in 2010?

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In Charts: Global Hunger

A collection of charts, maps and graphs exploring global hunger — in a world that has enough food to feed everyone.

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Trump’s Don Quixote Moment

President Trump’s baseless attacks on wind power show a complete departure from any sense of reality.

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Trump Vs. the “Deep State”?

The ardent defenders of President Trump’s reckless foreign policy claim that the “deep state” is out to get the President of the United States. Do they have a case?

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How to Spell Out Donald J. Trump?

Trump has brought shame and dishonor to the most prestigious office in the world—the US Presidency. This is how his name is really spelled.

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Global Focus: Religion

Religion and culture are deeply entwined. Wherever there are people, there is some form of religious faith.

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Prince Charles, UK Jews and Corbyn/Labour’s Anti-Semitism

The Labour anti-Semitism story may spin on. Will some of Corbyn’s Labour Party friends now start to quietly assert that they lost the election because of the Jews?

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Must US Democrats Be Moderates?

Are Democrats really not allowed to have a progressive candidate for president?

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(In)Famous Western Alliances with the Soviet Union/Russia

Soviet Communists and the Nazis collaborated in the 1930s. Why on earth is Trump’s America now pursuing another shameful alliance with an utterly anti-liberal force?

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Remembering Jean-Pierre Lehmann

Jean-Pierre Lehmann, a true thinker between cultures, serves as an example to us all for his unstinting courage.

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