Bad Bunny may not be running for office, but the global pop star has been louder than most politicians about what Puerto Rico lacks: autonomy. He is extremely vocal with his advocacy, his fear of Puerto Rico beckoning “another Hawaii,” and the id...
They creep out of the shadows, changing their political colors to whatever is most popular as elections draw near. Once in power, the cycle repeats, as they modify priorities to prepare for a reelection. They can be loud in shameless denial of ...
Meet Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men buried together in the same tomb during the 5th dynasty in Egypt. Despite both having wives and families, the painting shows them embracing and touching noses. In Egyptian art, this act represents a kiss. This...
Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in India and Russia and a reliance on export commodities in the latter nation and in Brazil (though my friend and fell...
Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in India and Russia and a reliance on export commodities in the latter nation and in Brazil (though my friend and fell...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...
In an interesting article that dates back to 1996, Ahmed Mansour, a graduate of Al-Azhar University, provides a detailed analysis of the state of “democracy” in Egypt at the time of Presidents Sadat and Mubarak. In that article, Mansour explains ...
In an interesting article that dates back to 1996, Ahmed Mansour, a graduate of Al-Azhar University, provides a detailed analysis of the state of “democracy” in Egypt at the time of Presidents Sadat and Mubarak. In that article, Mansour explains ...
There are times (for instance, when one is boarding a plane in Sicily and dreading the cold rain that will undoubtedly great her at the other end in London) when resignation is a good thing. Yes, spring break was wonderful; but the end has come, brin...
There are times (for instance, when one is boarding a plane in Sicily and dreading the cold rain that will undoubtedly great her at the other end in London) when resignation is a good thing. Yes, spring break was wonderful; but the end has come, brin...
“Families are always rising and falling in America,” Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, and the same is true of nations. Their economies emerge and retract, develop and decline, and while, as investor Jimmy Rogers writes, “the 19th century bel...
“Families are always rising and falling in America,” Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, and the same is true of nations. Their economies emerge and retract, develop and decline, and while, as investor Jimmy Rogers writes, “the 19th century bel...
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis advisor’s expectations (not to mention those of your parents)? Well, I’ve got good news for you: today you don’...
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis advisor’s expectations (not to mention those of your parents)? Well, I’ve got good news for you: today you don’...
As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the nature of the proposed free trade agreement. The TPP, if instituted, would be a major expansion of the 2005 P4 ag...
As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the nature of the proposed free trade agreement. The TPP, if instituted, would be a major expansion of the 2005 P4 ag...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...