A little bit of everything
Carl Beijer is a writer who focuses on the Left, linguistics, and international affairs.
A few years ago when I was still living in Kyiv, I woke up to a ringing phone and instantly realized that I was late for work. What I didn’t get at first was how late. There was worry in my friend Vira’s voice when she asked if I was okay, and when I assured her that I’d get there as soon as possible she stopped me and said I didn’t need to come: it was 7 in the evening, and the day was already over.
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Earlier this year, the Bernie Sanders campaign made a few comments that earned more media coverage than most of his
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In the wake of the 2016 elections, pundits are poring through the exit polls to tease out the preferences of
Read moreBack in 2011, as Republicans hard-balled Obama by refusing to raise the debt-ceiling and the president moved ever-closer to capitulating
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Typically, discussion of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy lingers at a vague level that only serves to polarize hawks and doves:
Read moreIf you blinked then you may have missed it, but right at the top of his marathon victory speech last
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Ben Shapiro – best known for supposedly owning some guy named Piers Morgan in a teevee debate, and then writing an
Read more“We will pay for this one way or another. We will pay to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions today, and we’ll have
Read moreOn Monday, Texas teachers and police sparked a blaze of outrage and ridicule across the country when 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed
Read moreThe history of moral and political progress has often been a history of becoming aware of our ancient prejudices –
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