New month, new page on the calendar! In the blink of an eye, we land in the most wonderful time of the year! This means thick sweaters, hot chocolate, Christmas decorations and an updated series...
Though pundits are heavily engaged in analyzing the unfolding events in Gaza, historians have yet to reflect on its true magnitude. Someone, someday, may look back at the events with some degree of...
Turning pages until you reach the final word of a book provides a particularly enriching satisfaction, however, there are books that we just don't want to put down after being absorbed in their...
Almost two years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Eastern European country has turned into a de facto semi-frozen conflict. Stuck in what appears to be a...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Christmas is near once again, and with it comes an avalanche of festive titles, usually introducing a couple finding the romance of their lives. If you're one of those people who settles in at night...
Co-winner of the Cannes ’23 Golden Eye, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters is a “fictional documentary” as compelling as it is troubling. The film stars a pious Tunisian mother named Olfa...
If you’ve read my work for a while, you probably know that knee-jerk anti-Americanism amuses me greatly as someone who’s lived in many different places and is American by choice. It’s easy to...
Maps of Venezuela show the Essequibo with oblique stripes, indicating that it is a disputed area. Some of these maps even obviate the nearly 160 square kilometers of land between Venezuela and...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
