Even Niall Ferguson, an apologist for the West’s colonial depredations, is forced to concede that the ‘decline of the West is ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

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Facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, the United Nations has been forced to shed jobs and start ...

As I wrote in several articles, my sojourn in Europe was a culture shock on many levels . The most profound was how Europeans ...

The F word makes its debut at the lexicon of presidential press conferences The USA was compelled to detonate uranium and ...

The Philippines is blessed with rich biological diversity, including endemic species of flora and fauna. Did you know that its coastal and marine ecosystems boast of a diverse array of coral species, ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

In keeping with protocols, it is appropriate to end this drama of trading places with another conceit. At the end of the eighteenth century ...