Mexico’s recently elected progressive president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, has assumed the monumental task of transforming the age-old mordida system of corruption.…
Publication of written information.
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.…
Europe races to prevent loan crisis.
How is it that religions – which supposedly espouse peace, love and harmony – are so commonly connected with intolerance and violent aggression? Social scientists…
Religious violence is on the rise.
Religious violence is undergoing a revival. The past decade has witnessed a sharp increase in violent sectarian or religious tensions. These range from Islamic extremists…
A Better Way to Look at Most Every Political Issue.
We sometimes think of political issues in binary terms. Is someone pro-life or pro-choice? But most individuals hold views that are more complicated than a…
When Politics Became a Fashion Statement
When Politics Became a Fashion Statement. Ieshia Evans, in a flowing summer frock, emerged as a national symbol after she faced down Louisiana State Police…
Study on twins suggests our political beliefs
The citizens who live in West Baltimore, where the rioting began, intuitively understand this. I grew up across the street from Mondawmin Mall, where today’s…
It’s Still Not the End of History
Most of us in the West are liberals, whether we admit it or not. We want equal rights for all, reject racial differences, cherish the…
The New Intolerance of Student Activism
Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray…
Compliance and no Rational Justification
Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray…