World News Insights: Opinion Articles

If the first casualty of war is truth, then the corollary in Ukraine is that information is the first battlefield. That was where the war began, in early 2022, weeks before Vladimir Putin sent the first rockets, armored vehicles and troops into Ukraine, when he claimed that the massive buildup…

Nothing makes you appreciate air-conditioning like high summer in India. Here in Delhi, temperatures are running over 100 degrees for much of the day, with two full months still to go before the cooling monsoon rains arrive. Unfortunately, just as everyone decided to crank up their ACs or at least…

The objective of the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections is nothing less than tightening the country's ties with the "axis of resistance" and its project for the region. Several impediments stand in the way, which raises the specter of the electoral process being sabotaged at the last minute…

Growing up in Minnesota, I was a huge fan of the local NHL team at the time, the North Stars, and they had a sportscaster, Al Shaver, who gave me my first lesson in politics and military strategy. He ended his shows with this sign-off: “When you lose, say little. When you win, say less. Goodnight…

There is one way a married couple is supposed to handle money: jointly. Well, that’s how it used to be — after all, women needed a male co-signer to access credit until 1974. Today’s married couples have more options when it comes to how to manage their money. The classic of being completely…

I started my Twitter account in June 2008. And after 14 years on the platform, I have a lot of feelings about it. Twitter is meaningful to me, while constantly leaving me wondering why, exactly, that is the case. Loads of other people evidently have opinions about Twitter, too, particularly…

Managing the $20 trillion US economy is kind of like driving a truck filled with gasoline down a mountain road with no brakes. Sometimes, in order to avoid a truly horrific accident, you have to run off the road, where you risk cracking an axle or whatever (I’m not good at cars, or writing, or…