Americans, standing apart from the world, remain bitterly divided on taking action.
The U.S. Global Business Community Must Speak Against Trump
Silence now will cost critical economic partners and strategic allies all over the world.
Paris: Portrait of a City in Green and Brown
Marine Le Pen’s inexorable rise augurs poorly for France and Europe.
The Christian Terror of Saint Augustine
In an earlier era, rampaging monks sought to create the Christian equivalent of the ISIS caliphate.
Draining the Deserts
From small island nations to the Middle East’s major powers, water stress is a severe challenge for many countries.
Venezuela at a Crossroads?
The Venezuela opposition win is both astonishing & unsurprising. It’s not an unqualified good result.
The Rise of Plastic
The past, present and future of plastic production.
The Libel Equating Islam With Terror
The homegrown attacks in the U.S. and Europe have more in common with secular mass shooters than with Mideast jihad.
A U.S. Carbon Transition?
What factors have helped the United States reduce its per capita emissions?
The Sharing-the-Crumbs Economy
Why Silicon Valley’s techno-utopian vision of “sharing economy” is a mirage.
























