All From the Editors
CommentaryWhy the Olympics are worth savingSport can ennoble us, demanding that we rebel against our limitations, find joy and fellowship in the mutual pursuit of excellence, and express grace in loss. The Olympics do not always reach this height, but perhaps no other event unites the world in so rigorously demanding that its participants aspire to a higher ideal.
CommentaryTo fix a school, it takes a villageThese schools have made remarkable gains, but they have done so by mustering every ounce of ingenuity and collective will.
CommentaryHow can China grow?Sitting on a park bench in Beijing, moved to tears by the memories that came flooding back to her as she watched an amateur opera, our reporter saw other core values expressed by a gentleman who sat next to her: harmony, civility, friendship.
CommentaryA new form for the CS Perspective in the DailyIn the spirit of evolving the Monitor Daily toward the clearest statement of the Monitor鈥檚 mission, changes are coming to the 海角大神 Science Perspective starting on Jan. 22.
CommentaryKeeping the American experiment aliveAs president, Donald Trump clearly wields huge power. What he does matters, in many cases enormously. But it鈥檚 also fair to say that, according to the vision of the Founders, a fixation on Trump 鈥� pro or con 鈥� is a backward way of addressing America鈥檚 challenges.
CommentaryThe Monitor鈥檚 true biasIs the Monitor biased toward a sense of unity? Toward a sense that, amid all the diversities of opinions, races, and nations, we can find a common humanity that more strongly binds us? Yes.
CommentaryWhat about a Silicon Valley of politics?Silicon Valley wasn鈥檛 really just about technology. It was America鈥檚 ideas factory. It was about problem-solving. Technology simply happens to be the most powerful and effective means to that end.聽
CommentaryA change at the Monitor Breakfast tableOn Nov. 30, David Cook hosted his final breakfast. It was a milestone for the Monitor and for the Breakfast.聽
CommentaryDarkness and light on the netIn the cyberworld, knowledge itself is power and is countered by knowledge. Technology is the accessory.聽In the case of hacking elections, the internet provides a vast and dark new space for countries to carry out the age-old design of tampering with rivals.
CommentaryA crazy way to help save a planetNot every idea will work. Most won鈥檛 change the world all by themselves. But all point to a mental diligence that refuses to sit still and accept the problems of the present as unsolvable.
CommentarySmall-town America鈥檚 most precious resourceFor generations, much of America鈥檚 opportunity was in its boundless rural landscapes 鈥� its rich soil and coal seams. But as that shifts, a new commodity is coming forward as even more valuable to the future of small towns from Storm Lake, Iowa, to Coeur d鈥橝lene, Idaho: new thinking.
CommentaryTrue charityFaith traditions have recognized that charity is more than simply the act of giving. It involves a deeper realization of the connections that bind us all. In giving, we receive. In loving without expectation of return, we learn what love is.聽
CommentaryAnother revolution in LexingtonYou might see something like this in any middle school across the US or beyond. Yet hidden in its seemingly unoffensive positivism is something altogether more radical.
CommentaryThe Russia that Russians seeA Monitor reporter and editor's recent first visits to Russia were nothing less than a revelation.聽The Russia of so many Western imaginings simply isn鈥檛 there.聽
CommentaryTradition, courage, respect 鈥� and one moreThere鈥檚 a lot of hand-wringing聽over US public education at the moment. So why was I thinking it might be fun to be back in high school?
Commentary#HumanityStrongThe story of Refugio is remarkable for the sense of community it shows amid the most trying times. But the truth is that community is always there.
CommentaryEmbracing what鈥檚 next'Security' is a big word. Often, we think about it just in terms of physical safety, secure from crime or war. But there鈥檚 more.
CommentaryWhy we must be globalKnowing about what is going on in Japan or Mexico makes us better global citizens, but it can show us the universality of the human spirit. It can offer potent evidence that 鈥渢he family of man鈥� is not a shallow aphorism but something much deeper and more resonant for human progress.聽
CommentaryOn the train, a moment of graceBetween two people who in all likelihood had wildly different views of what is good for America, there was a moment of grace and humility.聽
CommentarySacrificing self in service to the worldNadia聽Murad鈥檚 story is one of sacrifice in its purest and most powerful form 鈥� an immolation of self for the good of others. In telling her story, she is not only saving the Yazidis she loves, but also a world that must hear what she says and be broken of any sense of indolence about evil.聽