BI in Context [Old MOOS Additional References]

A retrospective look at Henry Kissinger, realpolitik, and the applicability of that concept to contemporary geopolitics.

A hopeful argument that the economic productivity increases needed to "lift all boats" are actually happening.

A critical, controversial, and thought-provoking look at the way in which increasing adherence to progressive orthodoxies as undermined the quality of journalism.

An article arguing that the popular distinction between Islamists and those who simply believe in Islam leads to serious (and potentially dangerous) misperceptions.

For a world in which immigration has become a major flashpoint, concrete ideas for more constructively handling the many who would like to migrate.

An explanation of the complex dynamics that lead journalists and the news media to cluster their reporting around relatively homogeneous points of view.

A review and brief summary of the thought-provoking new book, "The Goodness Paradox -- The Strange Relationship between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution."

A must-read essay that raises a critically important question, does human society naturally gravitate toward power-with, egalitarian democracy or power-over authoritarianism?

Obama challenged the notion that "the only way to win is to scold and shame and out yell the other side."

A thought-provoking and doubtless controversial look at the ways in which Hamas has managed to weaponize global sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people (a plight that they deliberately cultivated).