Earth Day 2024: The clock is ticking as the planet takes a licking

The news of the day doesn’t make existential problems go away. We can spend the moral and financial capital now to save the environment or our children and grandchildren will pay the price later. Read More

What migration is really doing to politics and economies worldwide

US voters increasingly cite migration as their chief concern. But these case studies from five continents show that governments everywhere are struggling to find solutions — with some even stoking the ... Read More

Instagram and Threads are limiting political content: Why this is terrible for democracy

especially in younger age groups, find news on Instagram and other social media platforms. Sometimes they are specifically seeking out news, but often not. Not all news is political. But now ... Read More

“My Friends All Smell Like Weed or Little Babies”: Taylor Swift Nails a Millennial Truth

Can you imagine a more succinct way of summing up the stark divide within the friendship groups of most 30-somethings?” ... Read More

Restraint in politics and in government

# Most literary traditions and religions contains warnings, insights, and lessons on the uses, conceits, and limits of power. Special warnings are repeatedly issued in various traditions on the ... Read More

Everything Is Getting Very Familiar

Bret: A literary friend of mine introduced me to this beauty by Archilochus of Paros, who lived 27 centuries ago. It’s a reminder of all the transcendent natural experiences that connect us, as human ... Read More

Obama to Protester Interrupting: ‘Can’t Just Talk and Not Listen’

The event drummed up more than $25 million in what Biden’s campaign is calling the “most successful political fundraiser ... “world has a lot of joy and beauty, but it also has a lot of ... Read More

Exonerated but not unscathed: Biden faces political nightmare with special counsel investigation

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will not face ... just before the special counsel report was released. The president has made a habit of making self-deprecating jokes about his age at campaign ... Read More

Katie Britt Defends Sex-Trafficking Story She Misleadingly Linked to Biden

before Biden was president or even vice president, and the trafficking took place in Mexico, not the U.S. Fox News host Shannon Bream questioned Britt on Sunday about her intentions. Read More

A Ragtag Resistance Sees the Tide Turning in a Forgotten War

Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse. Read More

Instagram and Threads are limiting political content. This is terrible for democracy

especially in younger age groups, find news on Instagram and other social media platforms. Sometimes they are specifically seeking out news, but often not. Not all news is political. But now ... Read More