In the French parliament’s recent debate on Europe’s new fiscal treaty, the country’s Socialist government vehemently denied that…
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — arguably the most dangerous moment in modern history. During 13…
The cartoon of a bomb that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu displayed two weeks ago at the UN has become a target of ridicule. Israeli…
At their conventions last month, both the Republican and Democratic parties declared that the United States is not in decline. The very…
Book abstract: Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing…
Before the first presidential debate, voters were telling CNN by nearly a 2-1 margin that they expected an Obama victory. Many commentators…
As Beacon Hill prepares to revisit transportation issues early next year, lawmakers should listen to happiness researchers, who have found…
Whenever I buy something from IKEA — a bookshelf for the kids, a storage unit for the basement — the domestic bliss that was promised in…
A startling new United Nations Population Fund report projects that in 2050 there will be more people over the age of 60 than those under…
We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as…