This holiday season's calendar overlap reminds us that we are bound together by both common inheritance and common destiny.

If you follow the news, you may be aware that the UK, where I live, has been in state of political turmoil in recent months. In fact, the turmoil began about three a half years ago, when there was a ...

The American historian Timothy Snyder, in his On Tyranny, outlined the threat of anticipatory obedience that occurs under authoritarian regimes. In essence, the concept involves people, organisations ...

Mike Luckovich is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has twice been recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, in 1995 and 2006. He was a ...

In her book Grapes of Wrath Or Grace, Barabra Brokhoff tells the following story: A group of American tourists were taking a bus tour in Rome led by an English-speaking guide. Their first stop was a ...