At home, our author has been building, with a hunger for food, wholeness, and what reckless history there is in the stones and the magic beneath them
The United States's prolonged counterinsurgency wars in Afghanistan and Iraq raise strong echoes of Vietnam. But new studies suggest that the lessons of this half-century military arc need to be carefully drawn, says Mariano Aguirre.
Human rights are undermined in the war on terror by the widespread use of blacklists.
Being ‘caste-blind’ in economically shining India might be a wonderful way to fight caste-demarcations in urban mega-centres. But, being ‘culture-blind’ could prove very short-sighted in the long run. A reply to Rajeev Bhargava
The emergent movements around the politics of food are a vital component of debates on the planet’s future, says Geoff Andrews.
The idea of economics as a science, not a branch of moral and political philosophy, is ideological. It is a position that is designed to obscure questions of justice, humanity and history
The crisis in Libya is confronting the United States with a new awareness of its military and political constraints, says Godfrey Hodgson.
Our author prepares for Mardi Gras, intent on paying proper tribute to his local culture.
With its oil reserves measured in years rather than decades and facing the imminent yet difficult transition to a post-oil economy, Bahrainis simply cannot afford another wasted ten-year cycle of partial reform and renewed repression. Major unrest in the Gulf States is altering their self-projecti
There are many reasons why Amtrak suffers from an unenviable reputation: sluggish operating speeds, expensive tickets and long journeys being among the most obvious. But just as important is the American philosophy of ‘individualism’, which has proven incompatible with the idea of nationalized tra
