State of the Union
The Seven Habits of Highly Depolarizing People

How to make friends and influence people on the other side of the aisle.

Lutherans in America
After Ethnicity

For Lutheranism, ethnicity is no longer a real distinguishing factor in America.

Foreign Policy Adrift
Beijing Sends Missiles to the South China Sea

The meltdown of American resolve and strategic coherence in the Middle East has consequences around the world.

Christians in the Middle East
The Obama Administration and the Question of Genocide

When you use the word, you have a legal obligation to do something about the reality.

Enviro-Mental
Anti-GMO Nutjobbery Risks “Food Crisis” in the Philippines

Eco-activists are close to turning the Philippines from a GMO trailblazer into another Luddite denier.

Elections 2016
Ghost of Iraq Still Haunts the GOP

Trump has reopened a painful wound in the GOP.

The European Immigration Crisis
Eastern Europe Puts Pressure on Athens, Berlin

Visegrad countries propose immigration “Plan B.”

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Advantage: Russia
Moldova: Where Putin Could Score Next

A massive corruption scandal, a reeling pro-European government, and a breakaway region currently home to Russian troops: All the ingredients are in place for a crisis on NATO’s southern flank.

Crude Economics
Why a Russia-Saudi Output Freeze Isn’t Sending Oil Prices Up

Two of the world’s biggest oil producers agreed to freeze their production at current levels this week, so why have oil prices gone down?

generation x
How Different Are Millennials?

Millennials’ much-vaunted pessimism about the future of the country was shared by Gen Xers and Baby Boomers when they were young.

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