Commentary / World Sep 13, 2016

Why burkini bans are unwise

Using bans to force immigrants to assimilate isn't the best way to integrate them into mainstream society.

Commentary / World Jun 14, 2016

Given the Zika threat, should the world go to Rio?

An independent fact-finding investigation should be made to determine the scale of the threat the Zika virus would pose to visitors attending the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Commentary / World Apr 17, 2016

Time to teach ethics to artificial intelligence

With driverless cars already on California roads, it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically.

Commentary / World Feb 8, 2016

As perceptions of animals evolve, so does English

In a language like English, which implicitly categorizes animals as things rather than persons, adopting the personal pronoun would embody the same recognition — and remind us who animals really are.

Commentary / World Jan 10, 2016

The hidden goods of 2015

If we were to judge the state of the world by the news headlines, 2015 was the year of Islamist terror, especially in Paris. But there were two major positive developments as well.

Commentary / World Nov 13, 2015

Fate of the Earth is on the line at Paris meeting

The lives of billions of people, for centuries to come, will be at stake at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris at the end of the month.

Commentary / World Oct 11, 2015

Volkswagen and the future of corporate honesty

The plummet of Volkswagen's stock shows that honesty is the best policy for corporations that want to maximize value over the long term.

Commentary / World Sep 3, 2015

Escaping the refugee crisis

The best way to help refugees would be for affluent countries to provide much more support for the poorer countries that are sheltering the vast majority of them.