Rebuilding Gaza
The Palestinian Authority Inching in on Hamas

Hamas-PA unity deals are a dime a dozen, but with the need to rebuild after the most recent war and with Egypt acting as a hostile mediator, the PA is inching toward taking back the Gaza Strip from Hamas.

Photography
Bury My Art at Wounded Knee

A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian uses platinum printing—of the sort known for romanticized portraits of the “vanishing Indian”—to devastating effect.

The Twin Insurgency
Ireland Set to Close Tech-Friendly Tax Loopholes

Ireland has announced that it will end a tax loophole known as the “Double Irish”, which allowed multinational corporations to avoid paying corporate tax in any country. This announcement fits into a recent pattern of U.S. and European pressure to end tax haven abuse.

China's Crackdowns
5 Cultists Sentenced to Death as China Faces Christian Surge

Five members of the Church of the Almighty God, a Chinese cult, have been sentenced to death for the fatal beating of a woman whom they were trying to convert to their cult. Official efforts to combat not just fringe cults but also more mainstream Christian churches in China have deep historical roots.

Marriage in America
Rescuing Marriage Debates from the Culture Wars

Marriage and the family are in serious disarray, and the culture wars have made fixing it hard. But points of alliance could emerge between the left and the right if we put down the weapons long enough.

Melting Pot or Seething Cauldron?
Turkish-Kurdish Unrest Spreads to Germany

Kurdish frustration at the Turkish government’s lack of action against ISIS is boiling over into the streets of Germany, where riot police report feeling trapped in a “proxy war.”

Reviews
Moving Right Along

The massive and still accelerating cross-border movement of people across the globe might be the most portentous development of our times.

Reviews
Mussolini’s Jewess

Margherita Grassini Sarfatti claimed she was to blame for fascism. It’s not so; not that she didn’t try.

World on Fire
Why Is Germany Turning to China?

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is visiting Germany, highlighting the extremely important Sino-German trade relationship. Now, it seems as though German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to parlay that relationship into a tool for controlling Putin. That raises some interesting and unsettling questions for the U.S.

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Life and Death on the Frontier
Obama and Commodus

The Roman Emperor Commodus turned away from a fight against barbarians along the frontier to take up more rewarding domestic pursuits. It didn’t work out so well for the Emperor.

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