In 1960, the US economist Walt Whitman Rostow published The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. The subtitle revealed the book’s purpose. Rostow did not merely describe economic development; he offered an
The Incident What began as an ordinary international flight between the United States and Canada soon evolved into an extraordinary demonstration of the resilience of modern aviation and, simultaneously, into a compelling
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Taking an invention and claiming it as yours is called intellectual property, based on practices followed by US and European businesses. But what happens when your neighbor argues that inventions can’t be
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Read, In Order to Live ~ Gustave Flaubert Being Bookish Lucy Mangan’s Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is far more than a memoir about books. It is an affectionate meditation on the transformative
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Israel is sabotaging the negotiations with Iran and alienating its last important ally by refusing to halt its attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from its occupation of the south. It is determined to reignite
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The authenticity of the public articulation of the stunning proposal of an alliance by Majlis speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — ‘regional bloc’ — built around an Iran-China axis in the Middle East is not
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The Okinawan artist Kinjo Minoru is haunted by the tragedy of the 1945 Battle of Okinawan and the military occupation that has marked the island ever since. His art is informed by that sensibility.
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It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Introduction In the evolving
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The God Spinoza revered is my God, too; I meet Him every day in the harmonious laws which govern the universe – Albert Einstein Seated on my deck under a blue sky yesterday,
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein My Experience Yesterday, while reading the latest issue of The Economist, I came across Bartleby’s column entitled Book
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Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides, but the types of pesticides they use, the circumstances
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Donald Trump’s war in Iran has been an unmitigated disaster. The conflict has killed thousands, disrupted the lives of millions more, imposed enormous (and rising) economic costs, and yielded no discernible strategic
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At a time when the international system is being tested, dialogue has the power to reunite us for a more just and more peaceful world. ~ Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations June
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The worst is not the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private contractors, wielding baseball bats and batons, who flood the parking lot at the end of their shifts and unleash on
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If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shaping their lives. It is not the only factor,
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“The future of the world will be determined less by operational efficiency than by the capacity of organizations to anticipate and internalize the megatrends reshaping the global order.” ~ An idea extracted
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