Opinion

Sunday 17/July/2016 16:54 PM

The kismet of basic science

The British journalist Matt Ridley is usually an insightful commenter on the philosophy and practice of science. But his assessment of the relationship...

Sunday 17/July/2016 16:11 PM

Learning to live with extremist terrorism

After the horror at Nice, perhaps the most depressing comment came from France's prime minister. Calling for unity in the face of terror, Manuel Valls...

Saturday 16/July/2016 21:22 PM

Mission: Save the environment

Picture this. It is 1966. You are standing in a government office in Washington, DC, watching a uniformed official tell a man in business attire, “Your...

Saturday 16/July/2016 20:28 PM

The federalist threat to Europe

The world is fundamentally different after the “Brexit” referendum in the United Kingdom. It will be decades before we know the full effect of British...

Saturday 16/July/2016 20:07 PM

Why terrorists keep succeeding in France

France is in the line of fire. Of the 16 terrorist incidents that took place in Western nations this year, five were in France, including the deadliest one...

Saturday 16/July/2016 19:47 PM

Japan's chance to resist a turn to the right

After a landslide victory in Japan’s election on July 10th, the Liberal Democratic Party now has a supermajority in both the upper and lower houses of the...