In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new
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Rep. Steve King tops all others in being anti-choice
At least one Republican has taken the anti-choice stand to a new level, and it has nothing to do with reproductive rights. Rep. Steve
I’ve changed my mind about Israel. Netanyahu is to blame.
The 2015 election results in Israel are a hot topic. I have read many comments on Facebook. and elsewhere online, from Israelis and American
Funerals can break gridlock
If I hadn’t been watching Jon Stewart to catch up on some outlier news, I would not have known that Republican John McCain and
AFCON 2015: A thrilling story of sports, corruption, and resistance
With the rash of unjust police shootings, all eyes are on the home front, so to speak: Americans are talking about racial inequality and
Grieving for Pakistan, and very angry, too
Perhaps you know now that on December 16, Taliban massacred more than 130 schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan; death tolls are greater than that, and
Israel’s elections: Crucial to understanding the conflict’s future
Social media speculation is hypocritical on a number of issues, but Israel is a particular example. The “Fuck Israel” Facebook pages and posts grew
Trying to make sense of Colombia’s “Strata” economic system
When I first moved here, the Colombian concept of Strata was one of the most difficult things for me to get my head around.
Council on Foreign Relations: West is responsible for Ukraine crisis
Given the ongoing, ludicrous, and mostly fictional coverage of Ukraine in the American media that relentlessly depicts Vladimir Putin as an evil, crazed, aggressive,