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The Real 'Wall' America Needs
President Donald Trump is concerned about border security, which should cause him to call for building a wall, that is introduce new barriers to illegal entries, not on the southern border, but alo
The Damage of Demographic Misinterpretations
The New York Times recently repeated an often cited misleading fi
The Story of Hanukkah Has Become Politicized
Many Jews are celebrating Hanukkah this week, but in rather different ways. Some are lighting candles all eight nights and reciting prayers—heads covered with kippahs.
What Makes a Good American?
Age-old debates about patriotism and what constitutes a good American have taken on a new significance in the Trump Era.
We Are What We Celebrate
The different ways we spend our holidays tells volumes about our personal lives, our communities, and even our nation.
America's Imaginary China Threat
Above all, there seems to be no obvious reason as to why China will want to replace the United States or become a world hegemon.
For the Record: Iran: Deal with the Mother Lode
For the Record: Iran: Deal with the Mother Lode
Comments on Amitai Etzioni’s analysis summarized in “Iran: Deal with the Mother Lode”
By Paul Pillar
Happiness is the Wrong Metric
People are motivated not only by a quest for satisfaction but also by trying to live up to their sense of what is moral.
Humanity Would Be Better off Saving Earth, Rather Than Colonizing Mars
Recently, SpaceX held a top-secret “ Mar
China is Not the Soviet Union
In evaluating recent alarmed assessments of China’s ambitions, one must recall that for decades the American intelligence community, in particular the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), vastly exag
Don't Vent, Win
In June, after the Trump administration tore infants out of the embrace of their mothers and detained them separately, a handful of Americans expressed their outrage in ways that many deemed uncivi
China and the Lessons of Modern Surveillance Technology
China is taking the lead in drawing on recent technological developments to vastly enhance its capacities to keep its people under surveillance.
Immigration: Europe's Normative Challenge
To absorb millions of immigrants into European societies requires a normative integration.
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