The Globalist

How modern U.S. politics incapacitates itself.

Can Brazil retaliate and still win the match?

Congressional hearings on healthcare.gov: show-trials and perils for democracy.

One of the biggest hoaxes of American history is that the Civil War ended back in 1865. Battling over racism then, health care now, U.S. society is still at war with itself.

How credible are the Republicans claims that they support the poor?

California is a land of its own, constrained by 49 other states. How many of the smallest U.S. states would it take to reach the population of California?

Will America now respond to the 21st century threat of climate change and lead? Or will ambivalence prevail?

Why have bankers and their lobbyists been so successful in stymieing efforts to rein in the financial sector?

Was the second half of the 20th century — when capitalism became entwined with democracy, the welfare state and liberalism — just an unusual interlude?

Which civilization will win and which will lose — the one based on fossil fuels or the one based on renewables?