The Boomers Ruined Everything
The Atlantic
The Baby Boomers ruined America. That sounds like a hyperbolic claim, but it’s one way to state what I found as I tried to solve a riddle. American society is going through a strange set...
Hong Kong Reminds Us of China’s Fragility
The Washington Post
Last Sunday, according to organizers, about 2 million people marched in a Chinese city to protest an extradition bill that they labeled Chinese “tyranny.” If accurate, it would m ...
Editorial: Orlando Sentinel Endorsement for President in 2020: Not Donald Trump
Orlando Sentinel
"Donald Trump is in Orlando to announce the kickoff of his re-election campaign. We’re here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who we’re not endorsing: ...
The Iran Crisis Was Created in Washington. The US Must Be Talked Down
The Guardian
In Washington, at times of stress, international crises play out in black and white. As in a flickering newsreel from a former age, complex events are reduced to symbolic emblems of righ...
All 50 U.S. States, Ranked By How Fun They Are. (Sorry, West Virginia)
Inc.
Let's start the week off with a very serious question: Did you have fun over the weekend?
If a new ranking of the 50 states has any legitimacy, we can probably predict your answer based on wh...
Your Dog Isn’t a ‘Furry Little Human.’ A Bioethicist Explains.
Traffic is slow as I work my way down 28th Street in Boulder, Colo. In the car edging ahead of me, I can see the outline of a bushy-haired human in the driver’s seat and the two pricked ears of a dog in the pas...
Trump’s Israel-Palestine ‘Deal’ Has Always Been a Fraud
Financial Times
The “deal of the century” through which US President Donald Trump keeps boasting he will settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been postponed so many times that Saeb Erekat, sec...
America’s Closest Allies Are Working Hard to Find Ways to Undermine the U.S. Dollar
The Washington Post
This week we watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of Germany, one of the United States’ closest allies, went to Tehran and announced that a European payment system, ...
Better Schools Won’t Fix America
The Atlantic
Long ago, I was captivated by a seductively intuitive idea, one many of my wealthy friends still subscribe to: that both poverty and rising inequality are largely consequences of America...
Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine
The New York Times
ATLANTA — We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy of this administration. It has been President Obama’s aim ...
