11 posts tagged ‘News / Daily Comment’
Jimmy Carter, Green-Energy Visionary
The New Yorker,
As President, he told us that we needed to shift to solar power. We should have listened to him then.
Remembering a Visit to Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia
The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.
How Ten Middle East Conflicts Are Converging Into One Big War
The U.S. is enmeshed in wars among disparate players in Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
Can Guatemalans Save Their Democracy?
Months after the election, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s path to taking office remains uncertain.
The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code
Under the Court’s new rules, the Justices appear not to have made any mistakes.
After Forty Years of Democracy, Argentina Faces a Defining Presidential Runoff
Is the country really so fed up with the status quo that it will elect a right-wing former TV personality?
How Qatar Became the World’s Go-To Hostage Negotiator
The Gulf state is trying to help Hamas and Israel come to a deal. How did it become one of the world’s most prominent hostage-situation mediators?
Hostage-Taking and the Use of Children and the Vulnerable in War
The war in Gaza has the feel of history sliding backward.