The Panthéon in Paris is the mausoleum where France has memorialized its great figures in science, literature, politics and the arts. You…

In September of this year, the University of Florida was named a top five public university by U.S. News & World Report. Whatever your opinion of the annual ranking by U.S. News, it was a welcome laurel for alumnae, alumni and students. It was also the first of its kind…

The Taliban have taken advantage of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan to overrun security forces with a rapidity that has shocked observers. In power from 1996 until 2001, the Taliban went into decline when the US invaded to root out al-Qaeda. With help from Pakistan, they remained intact during the…

Autocrats Reach Into the Classroom President Biden is off on a trip to Europe to reconnect with allies after four years of fraught relations. He will emphasize America’s commitment to democracy and its values, and he will argue for a global corporate tax as well as for serious action on climate change. In line with…

There were 26 million refugees on the planet at the end of 2019, according to the United Nations report published on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2020. We generally think of refugees as those who have been forced to flee their homes due to a natural or a human disaster…