I led a platoon of infantrymen in the 10th Mountain Division in Bermel, a rugged district in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on the Pakistan border. Our mission was the one American infantry carried for generations: close with and destroy the enemy.…
California has a housing affordability problem. Homes are expensive. Down payments are enormous. Young families are struggling to buy their first house. So, what’s California’s latest idea? Get into the mortgage business with $25 billion in borrowing authority. Apparently, when…
A century ago, when universities wanted to mold students into highly “literate” graduates, they exposed them to the greatest works of literature, assigned analytical essays and held classroom debates. As the internet age dawned a few decades ago, colleges recognized…
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Dr Felipe Krause, Political Scientist, former Diplomat and Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Beneath Lula’s electoral triumph lies a more complex political reality: the Brazilian…
French President Emmanuel Macron was among the world leaders on Monday to hail Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s re-election as Brazil’s president.
President Donald Trump’s political influence is reaching far beyond America’s borders as several Latin American countries shift toward right-leaning leadership, with Brazil emerging as the next major test of the region’s changing political direction. For Argentina-born Trump rally attendee Marcelo…
The Stade de France near Paris made history Sunday when it hosted the first regular-season NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints in a festive atmosphere a day after police clashed with demonstrators across France. While security…
It’s last-minute garbage time as the midterms are just over a week away, with candidates uncorking their dirtiest ads, their filthiest charges and their ugliest rhetoric. This barrage is fueled as never before by social media and a surging public…
Rapper Nicki Minaj doubled down on her support for President Donald Trump during a Republican campaign rally in Michigan on Sunday, telling the president she would back him again if he ever sought another term. Minaj was invited onstage at…
Real Madrid defeated FC Barcelona in La Liga (2-1) thanks to a brace by Kylian Mbappé, as the title race gets tighter.