My job is to write, and my goal in writing is to put things in perspective. The world has been to me an endlessly shifting kaleidoscope of nations, all moving in different directions that can be predicted by understanding the forces that shape their actions. I take pleasure in seeing the order behind the chaos. […]
The United States is under enormous pressure. The nature of the particular pressure is unique, though pressure on the United States from various forces...
The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the...
Battling the coronavirus is essential. But the battle has costs, which are invariably measured against the gain. āNo matter what the costā ā the...
Canada is being wracked by what appears to be a moderately important internal crisis over First Nationsā objections to the construction of a natural...