Commentary
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The Monitor's View The deft broker behind plans for a Trump-Kim summit
Over the past year, South Korea’s new president has used praise, warmth, and humility to bring out the best in the American and North Korean leaders.
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The Monitor's View Argentina’s cry for help: How the world can respond
A reformist president who rejects Peronist populism faces a financial crisis that requires a lift from the IMF.
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The Monitor's View The peace in learning to discern the news
Media literacy courses can help news consumers, but one study in Ukraine found ways to ensure long-term effects.
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The Monitor's View Mixing sports and sports gambling is no game
A Supreme Court ruling overturning a federal law may now create a rush by states to legalize sports wagering. But lawmakers should recall the reasons for the original ban. Sports rely on integrity and skill, not a belief in luck.
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Upfront Blog Finding the good beyond the crisis
By most metrics, Puerto Rico is not a success story. Yet Whitney’s story points to why it is too simplistic to look only at the negative – or only at the positive.
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Global Newsstand The UN Security Council solve the Rohingya crisis, How Arabs can avoid an Israel-Iran war, Windrush scandal sparks soul searching among black Torie...
A roundup of global commentary for the May 14, 2018 weekly magazine.
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Readers Respond Readers write: Unique approach to urban renewal, chatting about books, salute to Steve, tribute to Billy Graham, gun violence reaction, change for...
Letters to the editor for the May 14, 2018 weekly magazine.
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A G7 summit with hospitality on the table
As host of June’s Group of Seven gathering, Canada has put two of the latest mass migrations on the agenda. Its own generosity toward migrants should help elevate the West’s response to a global refugee crisis.
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Incentives for inmates to choose a crime-free life
A bill with wide bipartisan backing in the House and supported by Trump would boost rehabilitation programs in federal prisons, building on state successes in reforms aimed at inmates seeking redemption.
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Can the Arctic teach the world to cooperate?
Must exploitation and conflict inevitably accompany exploration and expansion? Or can we learn the lessons of the past and reap the benefits of expansion without falling prey to its temptations?
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Global Newsstand Trump’s ‘diplomatic vandalism’ on the Iran nuclear deal, Trump’s nuclear deal move hurts America’s reputation, Putin’s pushy foreign policy may not...
A roundup of global commentary for the May 21, 2018 weekly magazine.
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Readers Respond Readers write: Celebrating workers, the hearts of parents, libraries in danger, direction for White House
Letters to the editor for the May 21, 2018 weekly magazine.
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The new calm in combatting Ebola
As health officials rush to contain a new outbreak of the virus in Africa, they are applying lessons from the 2014-16 crisis about the need to contain fear.
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The soft power of openness to other languages
Taiwan has begun to officially recognize its various languages, a sign of its values of openness and tolerance – and independence from China and its imposed language policy.
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Global Newsstand Trump’s ‘diplomatic vandalism’ on the Iran nuclear deal, Trump’s nuclear deal move hurts America’s reputation, Putin’s pushy foreign policy may not...
A roundup of global commentary for the May 21, 2018 weekly magazine.
- Global Newsstand The UN Security Council solve the Rohingya crisis, How Arabs can avoid an Israel-Iran war, Windrush scandal sparks soul searching among black Torie...
- Global Newsstand Trump should not complain about oil at $75 a barrel, Why Russia’s anti-European propaganda matters, Is a military coup brewing on Iran’s horizon?,...
- Global Newsstand The US and its allies knocked Russia off balance, Pleading for a de-escalation of the US-China trade war, The jailing of ‘Lula’ reveals unequal tre...
- Global Newsstand Time for an tax overhaul for digital multinationals, Why China and the West diverge sharply on privacy, Understanding Pakistan’s anti-Malala sentim...
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‘Charity begins at home’
Today’s contributor found a richer relationship with his dad and saw him freed from alcoholism as he found a more spiritual way to think about others.
- Beyond positive thinking: thoughts that heal
- Trusting God, finding home
- Preparing for the US-North Korea summit
- A change in perspective that heals
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The deft broker behind plans for a Trump-Kim summit
Over the past year, South Korea’s new president has used praise, warmth, and humility to bring out the best in the American and North Korean leaders.
- A G7 summit with hospitality on the table
- Incentives for inmates to choose a crime-free life
- The new calm in combatting Ebola
- The soft power of openness to other languages
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Readers Respond Readers write: Celebrating workers, the hearts of parents, libraries in danger, direction for White House
Letters to the editor for the May 21, 2018 weekly magazine.
- Readers Respond Readers write: Unique approach to urban renewal, chatting about books, salute to Steve, tribute to Billy Graham, gun violence reaction, change for...
- Readers Respond Readers write: Technology of the Olympics, emotions evoked by the beauty of the Olympics, the layers of another culture
- Readers Respond Readers write: Lifting humanity through a story, prayer after mass shootings, making sense of confusing events
- Readers Respond Readers write: Author Steve Coll’s work, US and world relations, connections across cultures, the comfort of books
