Is Jorge Bergoglio up to the task of reforming the Catholic Church without breaking it apart? Governance reforms are centuries overdue.

Are men no longer bringing home the bacon in American marriages?

Is capital itself the only practical force capable of restraining capitalism’s own excesses?

Why the United States is looking to Germany for answers on higher education.

New evidence of increasingly political polarization in the United States.

How much would drivers save if passenger vehicles already met fuel economy standards that will be in place in 2025?

Why is the U.S. Treasury Secretary urging Europe to adopt the same borrow-and-spend policies that got the United States into so much fiscal trouble?

With so many scandals, is it any wonder that people not just in France, but everywhere are losing faith in their elected governments?

What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?

How did Turkey’s ban on head scarves inhibit the advancement of women’s rights?