Category: USA
Was Trump’s Nomination Always Inevitable?
As recently as a year ago, less than half of Republican voters named Trump as…
Decoding the Ever-evolving Relationship of US and Pakistan
Friends today, foes tomorrow? Touqir Hussain writes at Dawn: Soon after the results started pouring…
Power-Lunch is Picking Up. Like It’s 1989!
Dana Brown goes in search of the long-lost media power lunch—and finds it’s alive and…
How “The Prophet” Made Kahlil Gibran a Household Name in America
Gibran’s closest counterpart today is the Brazilian sage Paulo Coelho, and his books have sold…
The UFO Phenomenon: “If aliens revealed themselves, people would panic and hoard toilet paper”
From 7News Spotlight: It is now beyond doubt that strange, anomalous objects filling our skies…
All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train
The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world and that’s because…
How Google Built Its Dominant Web Advertising Business With Acquisition of DoubleClick
Google’s ad revenue is now north of $237 billion –more than the GDP of Greece….
US Media Is Collapsing, Here’s How to Save It
Mass layoffs are tearing through US media. To preserve a functioning media ecosystem, we need…
Denzel Washington: Black Actor Who Redefined Excellence in Hollywood
Leah Jones in Yahoo News: Throughout cinematic history, legendary Black actors have shattered barriers and pioneered new…
Shockwaves in the Global Order
While the U.S.–Israel alliance has become isolated, new ones are emerging. Helena Cobban in the…
One Nation Under Guns
How Gun Culture Distorts America’s History and Threatens Its Democracy. Book By Dominic Erdozain This…
Is the State Here to Stay?
Jonathan S. Blake in Boston Review: In early 2022, the Economist decried “governments’ widespread new fondness for interventionism.”…