On a Sunday in late February, I was treated to a taxing sermon by the priest in our local church - not intellectually stretching, I might add, but taxing nonetheless. Within the first five

Psychologists and philosophers speculate that religion developed out of primitive man’s fear of the unknown. Being surrounded by a multitude of hostile predators and unknown forces, he

It happens every day: The news tells us of some new government scandal. The executive branch uses dubious powers to circumvent the constitutional strictures of oversight. The judicial branch

Since February, Spanish cities and towns have been roiled by protests denouncing the nation’s pension system and demanding more government spending. The marches are fueled by radical left

Profiting from Integrity: How CEOs Can Deliver Superior Profitability and Be Relevant to Society. Alan Barlow. Routledge, 2017. 178 pages. If you believed the Left, you might think that

Faithlessness is so ingrained in French culture that the president’s mere consultation with the nation’s Christian leaders apparently verges on a constitutional crisis. Emmanuel Macron

The lure of socialism lies in its promise of “equality,” a hazily defined concept that educational and political leaders transform into an even more ambiguous social goal. The word itself

The UK remains divided over the precise shape its relationship with the European Union will take after its departure from the EU on March 29, 2019. Amid this contentious multilateral process

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Some 4.5 million French have been immobilized by a national rail strike over what might be termed the most thoroughly French of all labor demands: the right to retire with full benefits at

The European Union has pledged to assist the new administration in Zimbabwe by reintegrating into the global economy and mending the nation’s strained ties with the international community

Economics for the Common Good. Jean Tirole. Princeton University Press (English translation edition). 576 pages. Economics for the Common Good is the latest publication by the 2014 Nobel