China’s control of virus-related information only hurts society

A society that tries to restrict the freedom to provide medical information and opinions concerning the health and safety of its people should be...

Polarization Isn’t the Reason for Israel’s Third Election

We are in a profound national crisis, the national mood says. People despise one another. This crisis, many fine folks believe, is a greater threat...

A Netanyahu Candidate for Finance Chief Would Have to Do His Homework

The campaign marketing Likud legislator Nir Barkat as Benjamin Netanyahu’s choice for next finance minister didn’t go well. The former Jerusalem...

Japan, Germany and the war on rationality

LONDON – Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the war on rationality. Coal, as everybody knows, is by far...

The last gasp of a has-been

Commentary. People like Renzi and Salvini can’t stand mediation, immersed in the arrogance of one-man-rule to the point of invoking presidentialism...

Promoting electric vehicles

State utility should reconsider plan to raise battery charge fees A controversy has arisen over whether to bring an end to the discount system of...

Why Vote for Labor-Gesher-Meretz in Israel's Election

There are reasons why not to vote for Labor-Gesher-Meretz, and we can write about them with fervor and passion, mainly because voting for the...

Wear a Mask, Hope for the Best

The strongest feeling regarding how Israel is addressing the threat of the new coronavirus is a sense of the state’s own helplessness. Behind the...

Fanning fears for votes

Debates should be based on science, not personal biases The floor leader of the main opposition United Future Party (UFP), Rep. Shim Jae-cheol, has...

Is a strong economy enough to re-elect Donald Trump?

Stanford, CALIFORNIA – With the U.S. presidential primaries underway, everyone is wondering whether President Donald Trump will be re-elected in...

How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics

WASHINGTON – The U.S. presidential election season was in full swing with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. The Republican side so far has seen...

Who’s Afraid of Fiscal Policy?

The Making of the Digital Revolution

Say 'No' bravely

By Hyon O'Brien The Greek philosopher, Pythagoras (570-495 B.C.) said, "The oldest, shortest words ― yes and no ― are those which require the...

Benvenuti and Jones, robbed here in '66, '88

By Richard Pennington My most recent column (Feb. 1-2) contained a reference to Nino Benvenuti of Italy having lost a controversial boxing match to...

Science discovers benefits of Christianity

By Michael Shannon CNN issued a study a while back that found regularly attending church may increase a Christian's lifespan, while at the same...

'Parasite' perspective

By William Roger Jones I purposely watched the Feb. 9 Academy Awards on Feb. 9 just to see how "Parasite" would fare. Needless to say, the...

‘Like a scorpion,’ Renzi starts a time bomb on Italy’s governing alliance

Analysis. Sensing his fall from power, ex-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has dictated conditions to avoid a no-confidence vote. He doesn’t actually...

What the Harvey Weinstein trial means to me

For many sexual abuse survivors, the Harvey Weinstein trial has been particularly painful. For me, the most searing moment took place offstage,...

The world in grips of an epidemic more dangerous than coronavirus

Ever since coronavirus (COVAD-19) was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, public health officials inside and outside of China have been trying...

Thank you, Mr President

Pity Donald Trump.  In the days since his acquittal by Republican senators, the president of the United States has gone, as always, off the...

Russia isn’t just mapping Ireland’s internet cables – it’s planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank

Ireland’s status as “a vital telecommunications and logistics hub linking North America and Europe” has made it an irresistible prize...

Jerusalem Mayor, Prove You're Serving All Residents – Palestinians, Too

Malek Issa, 9, lies in a pediatric ward in Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem. His left eye was destroyed and will presumably...

Trump’s Mideast Plan Represents a Deep Paradigm Shift. What Should Israel Do Next?

President Donald Trump’s peace plan represents a deep paradigm shift from every prior attempt since 1993 – most of which I was actively involved...

Russiagate returns: MSM & #Resistance ecstatically exploit evidence-free NYT claim Moscow ‘helping Trump in 2020’

“Russia is aiding President Trump in the 2020 election, intelligence officials told lawmakers,” the New York Times blared on Thursday, adding...

Violence Against Women Is Blocking Development

JOHANNESBURG – The single highest barrier to development globally is neither hunger nor disease. It is gender-based discrimination and violence....

Japan continues its study on Arctic sea ice melt PREMIUM

The continued melting of sea ice in the Arctic Circle is influencing the lives of inhabitants in the region and beyond, as well as the marine...

Leading British Zionist warns Jews that they have ‘second class’ citizenship 

British-born Jews are being told that they are “second class” citizens in an extraordinary letter written by a critic of the government decision...

Can atheists make their case without devolving into bigotry?

Richard Dawkins once again ignited controversy on Twitter when he tweeted about the possibility of eugenics, arguing that even if eugenics were...

It is time for India and Pakistan to repeal their sedition laws

It appears to be sedition season on the Indian subcontinent. A relic of the colonial era, the sedition law has become a potent weapon in the hands...

The coronavirus was unexpected – but Xi, the US trade war and Hong Kong are China’s black swans too

The Covid-19 crisis has starkly highlighted China’s strengths and weaknesses. Which other country has the political will and capability to...

Perfect storm of coronavirus in Korea

A main street in Daegu is almost deserted after a group of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus was reported Friday. Yonhap By Oh Young-jin I spoke...

Malcolm X is still misunderstood - and misused

Every semester in which I teach a course on Muslims in the Civil Rights Movement at Southern Methodist University, I give my students a selection...

South Africa is not ready to lead Africa

On February 9, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa assumed the presidency of the African Union (AU) at a  summit  held in Addis Ababa,...

A racist adviser in Downing Street? That should not surprise us

Earlier this year, a little-known researcher named Andrew Sabisky was contracted to work for the United Kingdom government following a call by...

Time will tell whether cruise ship was truly a ‘virus incubator’

Quarantined passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship were finally allowed to disembark this week. But once off the ship, what awaited...

Turkish-backed militant attack in Idlib was doomed to fail – why launch it?

News reports out of Syria’s Idlib Province indicated that a joint operation involving the Turkish Army and fighters from the Salafist jihadist...

Trump's India visit will disappoint Modi's expectations

US president wants to look tough, while India prime minister seeks strategic goals

New vision needed for quality infrastructure investment

Japan can be catalyst to include China in the discussion

The UK wants the 'best' immigrants. Why would they want the UK?

After months of speculation and years of endless debates on the topic, the British government has finally announced the details of its post-Brexit...