History

The rhythmic, colorful, and divine Carnival is one of the main windows into the soul of the people.

Writer's Notes

What does it mean to be a Motswana?

A review of 'Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of Horne Burns'

Taking time for the historical, ethnic, and cultural perspective behind the dispute between Russia and Ukraine

An interconnected world demands that we collaborate in the public sphere

A tour unlike any other, glimpsing some of the ugliest moments in American history.

While the focus of this blog is meant to be international affairs, occasionally domestic events in America prompt a change of topic; the shootings in Arizona this weekend qualifies as one of those events.  By now you've heard about the work of gunman Jared Loughner, which left

One of the truths of human history is that mankind has a tendency to go to war for some pretty stupid reasons; my personal favorite was the 17th century's War of Jenkins' Ear, though in the 19th century the United State

Terror returned to Moscow last Monday morning when a pair of female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city’s subway system (the second busiest in the world) during the morning rush, killing 40