Category: Opinion
Warnings for Today from the French Revolution
July 14 is Bastille Day—an occasion to heed the echoes of 1789 in 2022 By…
America Is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good
Ronald Brownstein in The Atlantic: It may be time to stop talking about “red” and “blue” America….
Why America’s Far Right and Far Left Have Aligned Against Helping Ukraine
For all their disparate political goals and motivations, what unites the far left and far…
Politics in Pakistan: The Captain’s Crisis
“O, Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the…
The Rise of Inequality: Can Spanning Disciplines Help Tackle Injustice?
Virginia Gewin in Nature: Vida Maralani began her career studying whether education is, in fact,…
Most Americans Agree the Govt is ‘Corrupt and Rigged’
Most Americans agree the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me” and…
Does Hungary Offer a Glimpse of America’s Authoritarian Future?
American conservatives recently hosted their flagship conference in Hungary, a country that experts call an…
The Left Goes to War with Itself
By John F. Harris at Politico: The Democratic Party’s internal divisions usually are cast as…
India: Demolition Squad
The rampaging bulldozer is the state thumbing its nose at the court — and the…
Politics Put Pakistan Economy in a Perpetual State of Crisis
TALKING POINTS: THE slide seems unstoppable…The government’s hopes of sealing the IMF deal and the…
Doodle Chaos: Imran Khan, NAB (Video)
In fall 2018, I likened Imran Khan tenure to this video clip by Doodle Chaos…
The Invisible Citizen: Why the Absence of Muslim MPs and MLAs in India’s BJP Party is Disturbing
Mahua Moitra writes in The Indian Express: In about a month’s time, the BJP, the…