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Mon, August 15, 2022 | 04:48

COVID-19 and effective governance

The last two years were very complicated for the world, to say the least. The pandemic has battered all sides of our lives. And none of that was easy, nor for us as individuals, nor for the governments around the world.

2022-02-08 16:34

Thin mints should be our next gov't ban

The federal government should ban them. Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, my friends - the most agonizing of all the seasons.

2022-02-08 16:32

Ukraine and future of Europe

What will happen when Russia's deployment of troops along the Ukrainian border is complete? Will Russian President Vladimir Putin give the order to attack in his effort to deprive one of Russia's neighbors - a sovereign state and a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe - of its independence and force it back under the Kremlin's yoke?

2022-02-06 16:33

Crisis of democracy II: Secularization and loss of liberal confidence

In my previous column, I wrote about the role played by Christianity in providing cohesion to American democracy, a unity that it could not find elsewhere. Religious belief had the consequence of prompting Americans to look beyond their self-interest and serve the common good. As Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell observed, Christianity provided the foundations of a moral consen...

2022-02-05 14:07

Foreign policy realism in 21st century

Was the current crisis in Ukraine caused by a lack of realism in U.S. foreign policy? According to some analysts, the liberal desire to spread democracy is what drove NATO's expansion up to Russia's borders, causing Russian President Vladimir Putin to feel increasingly threatened.

2022-02-03 16:43

Life becomes 'curb your enthusiasm'

Seventy years ago, in response to a fantastical-but-true event on the ball field, sportswriter Red Smith wrote: “The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention.”

2022-02-03 16:42

Republicans biggest foe heading into the midterms?

By all accounts, it is a near certainty the Republican Party will regain control of the House of Representatives this year and is well-positioned to gain one seat and secure a Senate majority.

2022-02-03 16:40

Why candidates should think again about cryptocurrency

The presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and his opponent Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party (PPP) are racing to make a series of populist pledges concerning digitization to garner more votes for the March 9 election.

2022-02-02 16:44

US security in shadow of insurrection

The anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has come and gone, and many Americans are deeply depressed that the country's political divide has only deepened. Though most Republican Party leaders condemned the attack at the time, the GOP has since internalized former President Donald Trump's web of lies and falsehoods about the 2020 election, which he lost ...

2022-02-02 16:43

The crisis of democracy: John Adams and Plato

A recent column by Bernard Rowan declares that we should not be worried by the rise or the persistence of authoritarian regimes around the world, and we should have faith that democracy “won't go anywhere” in the future.

2022-01-29 09:32

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