William A. Galston is a distinguished writer who contributes the Politics & Ideas column to the esteemed Wall Street Journal. Within the dynamic Brookings Institution, he holds the esteemed Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Governance Studies Program and serves as a senior fellow. In his illustrious career, Galston has achieved numerous accomplishments. Prior to …
The notion that conversation is a dying art has become a popular topic of discussion. Typically, this claim is made by older generations against the younger ones. According to this view, our predecessors used to engage in lively discussions in old-fashioned drawing rooms, where they developed groundbreaking concepts like human rights, constitutional government, and modern …
Since its opening in 2002, no United Nations (UN) human rights investigators were allowed to visit Guantanamo Bay. However, in February, Irish law professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain was given access and discovered “cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.” During her four-day visit, Ni Aolain met with several prisoners, as well as 9/11 families. The resulting 23-page …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Monthly Ticket, a series by CNN Travel that delves into fascinating topics within the travel world. This month, we turn our attention to the offbeat, exploring haunted spaces and abandoned places. Excitement rippled through the travel community in March 2022 when the remarkably preserved shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance was …
Human rights groups are strongly criticizing the White House for welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden and speak before Congress during his trip to Washington, D.C. next week. The Indian government hails the visit as “historic,” while the White House states that it will strengthen the …
Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN – In what is being hailed as a historic moment, renowned soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh to join Al Nassr FC. The Saudi kingdom pulled off a major coup by signing Ronaldo to a two-year contract worth an estimated $200 million per year, making him the …
To the desperate prisoner whose audacious jail break was falling apart—he had lost his two collaborators to a prison sniper and all exits were blocked—Leila de Lima, once a committed Philippine secretary of justice, appeared to be a valuable hostage. She was blindfolded, her hands and feet bound, as a shank pressed against her chest …
In July 1833, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s visit to the Cabinet of Natural History at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris led to a profound realization about the interconnectedness of nature and humanity’s place within it. This epiphany inspired his philosophy of naturalism, which the transcendentalist movement adopted as a new spiritual belief system in a …
As the stretcher was wheeled into the room, my attention was drawn away from the patient chart by the sight of a burly man in the characteristic dark-green uniform of the U.S. Border Patrol. The patient, a young woman, shivered and struggled to maintain composure while a spinal collar immobilizing her neck suggested a possible …