The election of Donald Trump has triggered as much wonderment abroad as it has in the United States. David Runciman, a professor of politics at…
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On today's show, I'll talk about the so-called "Russian Hacking scandal," Donald Trump's first 100 days, upcoming events in the Chicagoland region, Brexit, Syria and…
Do you believe that Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy? Have you shared these concerns and anxieties with other people? Do you see…
Earth is "on the edge." So declared the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Thursday, announcing that 2016 was the warmest year on record. The…
Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State, did not spend much time and energy with Christmas and New Year celebrations this year. She has…
A little over a year ago, on a pleasant late fall evening, I was sitting on my front porch with a friend best described as…
It has been called “a bigger risk than Brexit”– the Italian banking crisis that could take down the eurozone. Handwringing officials say “there is no…
In early December, the British government released its first annual report on the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. Despite the total…
Paul Kingsnorth argues that ‘progressive’ green thinkers have been seduced by the EU and bypassed by a modern-day Peasants’ Revolt. In his introduction to the…
How to report on a fascist? How to cover the rise of a political leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and the…
Much has been made of Donald Trump as “post-ideological,” with claims that his incoherent, and often incompatible, mix of domestic and international policies and priorities somehow…
It is sad to have to have to acknowledge that the country of one’s birth is in decline, but there are signs that Great Britain…