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Wed, October 17, 2018 | 10:13

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Brett Kavanaugh doesn't belong on the Supreme Court

Brett Kavanaugh was right about one thing: This confirmation process has been a circus. Now, after weeks of accusations and anger and surprises and protests and tears and bitter partisanship, the full Senate is finally expected to take up Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. We urge senators to vote against this damaged and divisive nominee.

Guest Column | 2018-10-07 14:34

Justice or democracy in Brazil?

Brazil's upcoming presidential election _ its ninth since the restoration of democracy in 1985 _ will take place against a bleak background, and not just because the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro was recently destroyed in a fire, or even because the economic recovery is faltering. With myriad judicial and corruption scandals distorting the electoral process, there is now a growing disconnect between justice and democracy.

Guest Column | 2018-10-05 16:57

United Nations: moralizing, demonizing, common sense

In a week of speeches that swirled from the sublime to the ridiculous or simply just boring, the recent U.N. General Assembly debate reached some notable exceptions. Among the sonorous drone of 193 addresses, either restating the obvious or repeating by rote the contemporary global mantra of climate change, the Palestinians and endemic poverty, some chiefs of state reached rh...

Guest Column | 2018-10-05 16:38

Law and culture war

There was bound to be a backlash to the #MeToo movement, and the struggle over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is clearly part of that culture war. #MeToo is going to lose this battle unless there is some new and horrendous revelation of Kavanaugh's past behavior in the next few days, and lots of people in the U.S. and elsewhere see this as e...

Guest Column | 2018-10-04 16:01

Truth and transparency are what church needs

Heeding requests from American bishops, including Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns, the Vatican recently announced that Pope Francis will convene a summit of bishops from around the world to address the global sexual-abuse scandal that has roiled the Catholic Church and led to a crisis of faith for many believers.

Guest Column | 2018-10-04 15:58

After Vegas: Again, America stalls on gun safety

One year ago this week, the nation was waking up to unthinkable American carnage: A madman looming over an outdoor concert in Las Vegas methodically murdered 58 people and injured more than 400 using a 24-firearm arsenal that included 14 assault rifles.

Guest Column | 2018-10-04 15:37

President Trump delivers a better trade deal for US

President Donald Trump's take on trade has always been a cornerstone of his political brand. He has argued passionately and convincingly that elites among both Republicans and Democrats supported international trade pacts that, even as they boosted corporate profits and cut prices for consumers, cost the United States good jobs and depressed the wages of the ones that remained.

Guest Column | 2018-10-03 16:46

Good politics, bad economics

Bad economics breeds bad politics. The global financial crisis, and the botched recovery thereafter, put wind in the sails of political extremism. Between 2007 and 2016, support for extremist parties in Europe doubled.

Guest Column | 2018-10-03 16:42

What China can gain from Trump's trade war

The world's two largest economies - China and the United States - are engaged in a full-blown trade war, and what U.S. President Donald Trump hoped would be a blitzkrieg has turned out more like trench combat. Many fear that this is only the beginning of a long conflict that could include weapons - and casualties - far outside the realm of trade.

Guest Column | 2018-10-02 18:32

Trump wants to burn fossil fuels with an arsonist's glee

Here's some disquieting, if unsurprising, news: The world is nowhere near where it needs to be if we are to mitigate the worst effects of global warming. That's the gist of a report to be delivered this week in South Korea by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an independent body providing scientific analysis on climate change.

Guest Column | 2018-10-02 18:31

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