Commentary
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The Monitor's View The key to recovery from a sports scandal
One big difference between Russia’s doping scandal and the sex abuse of American female gymnasts: contrition in their governing institutions.
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The Monitor's View The freedom driving North Korea to the table
The latest North-South summit is yet another test on whether the Kim regime feels pressure from its people to further embrace a market economy in return for giving up its nuclear arsenal.
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The Monitor's View Amazon’s Bezos clicks on homelessness
A big new focus of his philanthropy will be innovators solving this acute social problem. The best are nonprofit volunteers equipped with special qualities of care that can heal the homeless from the inside out.
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Readers Respond Readers write: Buryatia coverage, book search, wildfire precautions, science at home
Letters to the editor for the Sept. 17, 2018 weekly magazine.
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Global Newsstand Canada needs to make a statement about Aung San Suu Kyi, Question easy loans from China, Working mothers are assets, not liabilities, Tourism bump...
A roundup of global commentary for the Sept. 17, 2018 weekly magazine.
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The Monitor's View A golden lesson from the 2008 financial crisis
On the 10th anniversary of the financial crash that triggered the Great Recession, one lingering result is the use of ‘risk officers’ in financial firms. They are really affinity coaches.
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The Monitor's View The best way to curb illegal migration
The largest numbers of migrants caught at the US border now are from Guatemala, a country struggling to renew its efforts toward the kind of clean governance that can quell violence.
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Readers Respond Readers write: Examination of US democracy, Nigerian zoo, Fourth of July coverage
Letters to the editor for the Sept. 24, 2018 weekly magazine.
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Global Newsstand White House negotiation tactics may not pay off, America needs to consider civilian costs of coalition efforts in Yemen, The EU needs financial con...
A roundup of global commentary for the Oct. 1, 2018 weekly magazine.
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Global Newsstand Sweden’s elections need in-depth reporting abroad, ICC investigations should affect all countries equally, North Korea reaps benefits of American d...
A roundup of global commentary for the Sept. 24, 2018 weekly magazine.
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A shift in Islam – and beyond
What is the right balance between a living faith that embraces the changing times and the religious traditions and doctrines that are often millenniums old?
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Green light for reform of UN’s blue helmets
As top leaders gather at the United Nations, they must back reform of UN peacekeepers in order to prevent abuses and assure better performance in new types of conflicts.
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The prospect of no people living in extreme poverty
Fewer than 10 percent of the world’s people now live on less than $1.90 a day. As such progress shifts the attitude of the remaining poor, the rate could more easily get to zero.
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An African model for ethnic reconciliation?
Ethiopia’s new leader has quickly begun democratic reforms but none will mean more than reconciling the country’s ethnic groups. Recent violence shows the urgency to develop a civic identity that he says starts with forgiveness.
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Global Newsstand White House negotiation tactics may not pay off, America needs to consider civilian costs of coalition efforts in Yemen, The EU needs financial con...
A roundup of global commentary for the Oct. 1, 2018 weekly magazine.
- Global Newsstand Sweden’s elections need in-depth reporting abroad, ICC investigations should affect all countries equally, North Korea reaps benefits of American d...
- Global Newsstand Canada needs to make a statement about Aung San Suu Kyi, Question easy loans from China, Working mothers are assets, not liabilities, Tourism bump...
- Global Newsstand Myanmar genocide needs international response, US-Mexico trade negotiations leave Canada on edge, Why the EU needs a diversity shake-up, Why Trump’...
- Global Newsstand Pope Francis’s apology is not enough, Remembering diplomat Kofi Annan, Why Europe and Turkey can’t lose each other, Lessons on infrastructure from...
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When cycles of ups and downs seem inevitable
Amid global uncertainty in the face of trade wars, an understanding of God’s abundant care can help break through fears that economic chaos is unavoidable.
- Real manhood
- Finding comfort beyond ‘comfort food’
- How can we pray for our environment?
- No loneliness vacuums in God’s love
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The key to recovery from a sports scandal
One big difference between Russia’s doping scandal and the sex abuse of American female gymnasts: contrition in their governing institutions.
- Green light for reform of UN’s blue helmets
- The prospect of no people living in extreme poverty
- An African model for ethnic reconciliation?
- The freedom driving North Korea to the table
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Readers Respond Readers write: Examination of US democracy, Nigerian zoo, Fourth of July coverage
Letters to the editor for the Sept. 24, 2018 weekly magazine.
- Readers Respond Readers write: Buryatia coverage, book search, wildfire precautions, science at home
- Readers Respond Readers write: Beacon of hope, change for Supreme Court?, locals’ stories
- Readers Respond Readers write: Influence of ‘Jurassic Park,' Daily praise, wisteria memories, Americans finding common ground
- Readers Respond Readers write: Enriching poetry, insight into interpreters, following Mars news, straws and sea life, local impact of controversy
