China’s energy security may be put to its first true test in 2026 with the seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January and joint U.S.-Israeli

PLEASE HELP NICKY REID. I think a lot of people take words like 'home' and 'family' for granted, and I suppose I was one of them. I grew up in what I

Santiago, Chile. On March 11, 2026 far-right politician José Antonio Kast was inaugurated as president of Chile, marking a sharp shift in the country’s

I’ve never cared for Zionism. I’ve always considered Zionists later day Pilgrims: obnoxious, strident, unpleasable, and desperate to find a country on

You may have only recently heard: As of this coming December, all American males will find themselves "automatically registered," upon the occasion of

Clare Boerigter’s recent piece in The Conversation on manipulating designated Wilderness areas showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its

In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of a banker turned soothsayer, a

As birthrates continue to decline in many industrialized countries, anxious governments are running out of schemes to keep women procreating. In the US,

During the State of the Union, Trump called on tech companies to sign a “ratepayer protection pledge” to shield consumers from higher electricity prices

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Two days after the United States and Israel launched attacks that killed Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and hundreds of others—including more than 160 children

A week after the treacherous joint military intervention by the United States and Israel in Iran, in the midst of negotiations, President Trump gathered

Why do so many Americans distrust the Washington Post? “Pro-Iran propaganda network gains traction with posts about Epstein” offers a tankerload of clues.

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US President Donald J. Trump has launched his most dangerous act of aggression yet on the world stage. Posterity will be taking copious notes on how the

It may be pointless to keep repeating that the U.S. attack on Iran was inane, but let me mention this: the U.S. attack on Iran was idiotic. As British

Under President Donald J. Trump, the United States has now become an engine for the promulgation of White nationalism. Not since the 1930s has such an

As the United States’ economic woes continue to mount and the Democrats search for a way out of their electoral doldrums, the solution is staring them in

Most discussions of Iran revolve around oil, escalation, and regime change. Yet Iran today feels easier to understand as part of a much older pattern. For