The Globalist

How is it possible that today the Supreme Court marches backwards so steadfastly, given the supposedly self-restraining power of precedent?

Could Mitt Romney provide an unlikely focal point for the long-suppressed U.S. debate about economic and social equity?

Does the United States have to worry about a currency crash, just as the United Kingdom experienced in 1956?

Will anti-Mormon bigotry among Republicans help reelect President Obama?

How is polarization in Washington making it nearly impossible for qualified individuals to join the top ranks of the U.S. civil service?

Is America's optimistic spirit of renewal more likely to reassert itself in Brussels than in Washington?

How successfully is Europe coping with its unprecedented fiscal challenges?

The weakened office of the President raises very serious questions about the ability of the United States to adapt to modern times.

How is an increasingly dilapidated San Francisco symbolic of the challenges facing the United States?

What is really stifling a vigorous, solutions- and future-oriented American democracy?