Berlin. 10.20/2018
A gruesome crime has quickly turned into a crisis in international relations: Saudi agents acting on behalf of… Continue reading
“More Insulting Lies From Saudi Arabia”, The New York Times
By Nicholas Kristof, Opinion Columnist, Oct.19, 2018
What we face now is a test for President Trump and America itself.… Continue reading
“A migrant caravan heads for the border just in time for Trump to exploit it for the midterms”, Los Angeles Times
By The Times Editorial Board, Oct 19, 2018
President Trump is proving once again that he has little awareness of,… Continue reading
“USC Reaches $215 Million Settlement Over Gynecologist Abuse Allegations”, NPR
Merrit Kennedy, October 19, 2018
Editor’s note: This story describes graphic allegations of sexual abuse.
The University of Southern California… Continue reading
“Catholic Bishops Promising to Fix Sex Abuse Problem Face Cover-Up Accusations”, The New York Times
By Laurie Goodstein, October 19, 2018
As Catholic bishops try to reassure the flock that the church is finally confronting… Continue reading
“The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?”, The Guardian
By Kwame Anthony Appiah, London, 19 Oct 2018
Sorting people by ‘merit’ will do nothing to fix inequality.
Michael… Continue reading
“How the current crown prince changed Saudi Arabia — for the worse”, The Washington Post
By Editorial Board, October 18, 2018
TO UNDERSTAND the police state in Saudi Arabia, consider the case of Essem Al-Zamel… Continue reading
“Three Female Veterans of German Politics: ‘There Was an Assumption I Would Be Docile'”, Der Spiegel
Interview Conducted By Nicola Abé and Ann-Katrin Müller, Berlin, 10/18/2018
What’s life like for women in the top echelons of… Continue reading
“Federal prosecutors open clergy abuse probe in Pennsylvania”, Associated Press
By Mary Claire Dale and Eric Tucker, October 18, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of… Continue reading
“The Autocracy App”, The New York Review of Books
Jacob Weisberg, October 25 Issue, 2018
Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
Oxford University… Continue reading