The Globalist

Did the American political right’s willfully ignorant view of the economy undermine it’s recovery?

How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America’s real problems.

Can the trend toward more factionalism, tribalism and fragmentation in American political life be reversed?

Can optimism be a substitute for doing really hard work? Or is it just a very transparent excuse for a cop-out on climate change?

If Reagan is the father of modern U.S. conservatism, Ayn Rand is certainly its mother.

Has the world reached a point where all major nations are too troubled at home to engage meaningfully in foreign policy?

How could Facebook, YouTube and Twitter help to limit the role of money in U.S. politics?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, how has moderate Republicanism made a comeback in Washington?

Why might Arizona become known as the launching pad for America's battle against the obesity scourge?

How different are the Chinese threats today than the Japanese threats of the 1980s?