The Week’s Best Cartoons, Chapter By Chapter
From The Week Newsletter: Selected editorial cartoons –this week by Joel Pett; Monte Wolverton; Bob Englehart; and David Horsey.
Is the United States a Prisoner of Its Own Mythology?
Tom Zoellner in the Los Angeles Review of Books: The stories that a country tells itself are just as critical to its functioning as its army, its laws, its borders,
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How Colonial History Explains Why Strong Institutions Are Vital to a Country’s Prosperity
“The economists’ “groundbreaking research” has given us a “much deeper understanding of the root causes of why countries fail or succeed.” … Continue readingHow Colonial History Explains Why Strong Institutions Are Vital to a Country’s Prosperity
Global Mobility, Bordered Realities, and Ethnocultural Contact Zones
Borders no longer are mere fixed invisible divisions set under geopolitical rationales whose main objective is defining national territorialities. … Continue readingGlobal Mobility, Bordered Realities, and Ethnocultural Contact Zones
Who Is the Ex-Israeli Soldier Serving as Biden’s Lebanon Envoy?
Since Oct. 7 of last year, his role has shifted from ostensibly being focused on energy to outwardly concerned with armed conflict. … Continue readingWho Is the Ex-Israeli Soldier Serving as Biden’s Lebanon Envoy?
Why America Fell For Guns
The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history. … Continue readingWhy America Fell For Guns
Capitalism, Mass Anger and the 2024 Elections
Western capitalism is no longer the world’s colonial master. The American empire that succeeded the European empires has now followed them into decline. … Continue readingCapitalism, Mass Anger and the 2024 Elections
United States of Algorithms: The Case For Artificially Intelligent Government
Danny Crichton in City Journal: Digital quantification determines Americans’ quality of life. Algorithms select job applicants for interviews and employees for performance bonuses. They aggregate stories and products as we
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The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a surprise bestseller, and inequality became a signature concern of the new century. … Continue readingThe Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
Rutland was a British naval hero in the First World War, worked for the Japanese Navy in the years between the wars… … Continue readingThe Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
A Dated Conspiracy Theory Rises Again
by Jeroen van Baar at 3 Quarks Daily: In the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, British historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss key events from the past at
Vote for Leaders Who Will Prioritize the Environment
Jane Goodall is encouraging voters in elections around the world this year to consider candidates who prioritize the environment. … Continue readingVote for Leaders Who Will Prioritize the Environment