Occasionally I run across an interesting way to combine ideas into a single number. Often such efforts can be a distraction or mostly meaningless. It is nice, therefore, when I find that rare ...
Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...
On April 29, 1999, precision-guided NATO bombs tore through the brick facades of two defense-ministry buildings in Belgrade, the capital of the rump state of Yugoslavia. The targets were chosen more ...