The Free And The Fettered
It was almost two-and-one-half centuries ago -- July 2, 1776 to be exact -- when the American colonies voted for independence; two days later,...
Coronavirus Impact On The World Of Work Traverses National Borders
With the coronavirus lockdown, one aspect of our lives has been revolutionized ... the world of work. Computers have facilitated the transition and the...
China and India: A Brawl on the Tibetan Plateau
The confrontation between the world's two most populous nations both nuclear-armed occupied center stage this week. Relations reached a nadir when during a heated...
Safoora Zargar: A Requiem For Indian Democracy
Imagine someone being jailed for organizing a demonstration -- under such rules hundreds of activists in the Black Lives Matter marches would be in...
Trump: The Man and his State of the World
When a person talks, no matter the subject, intended or not -- he or she draws a personal portrait. Even if some aspects remain...
The China Syndrome: The Rising And The Existing Power
China is a large country. It has a large population, a productive population. It has the largest Gross Domestic Product of any country in...
Sea-Level Rise Could Sink The U.S. Southeast: How To Fight It As Individuals
Authors: Dr. Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
The latest news on rising sea levels can be described as another example of human folly. ...
A Changing World Of Work: Why Unemployment Is Not Even Higher
In March, the unemployment rate for teenagers was 14.3 percent. It had more than doubled to 31.9 percent by April. The rate for Latinos...
Coronavirus: What Germany Did Right and the U.S. Did Not
If the US effort has been characterized by a daily presidential news conference, the German response has distanced itself from politics. Local and apolitical,...
Stimulus Checks And Stimulated Candidates
The gross domestic product (GDP) declined in the first quarter at an annual rate of 4.8 percent according to an advance estimate by the...