There has been considerable commentary about media bias in this election, especially from folks on the right. I have had many rounds on Twitter with…

Do we really want a person with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder to be the President of the United States? Beatty explains this diagnosis in detail…

“One Ring to rule them all . . . and in the darkness bind them.”  — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings World War II resulted…

The International Monetary Fund’s top staff misled their own board, made a series of calamitous misjudgments in Greece, became euphoric cheerleaders for the euro project,…

So Britain is out. Woo-hoo!  Doesn’t that feel good? Well, in fact, for some folks it does.  In particular, if you’re an unempowered bloke, lacking…

In memory of Jo Cox, 1974-2016, campaigner for immigrants and refugees, MP from Batley and Spen (Yorkshire). UNICEF–the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund–has released two reports…

I just flew across 11 times zones — from Tokyo, Japan to Moscow, Russia. Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth…

It’s too soon to know whether Sunday’s Orlando incident was terrorism or false flag deception. Yet it has distinct earmarks of the latter, likely the…

A French diplomat competing to be the world's top health official says a tiny international tax can help fill the World Health Organization's coffers, a…

Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next air on Tuesday, May 17 on…

Over the past several months there has been an alarming number of dead fish and other sea creatures washing up all over the planet. In…

Sometimes faces become symbols of the anonymous forces behind them. Was not the stupidly smiling face of Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem the symbol of the…