Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it…
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia — a UNESCO world heritage site and museum — as a house of…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on…
What’s the best predictor of which candidate will win the presidential nomination? The winner of the Iowa caucus? The winner of the New…