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The Monitor's ViewWhat helps a city like Houston recover after a disasterDisaster experts point to a community鈥檚 devotion to qualities such as trust, patience, listening, and equality as essential to planning and achieving a recovery. Houston鈥檚 success in its rescue efforts gives it a head start.聽
Refusing to honor fearThe knowledge of Kim Jong-un鈥檚 ultimate impotence is an important armament of a different sort. It helps weaponize how we think about evil worldwide.
Global NewsstandMore troops in Afghanistan, Trump鈥檚 Afghanistan policy leaves the devil in the detail, Cloud over Buhari鈥檚 return, Responsibility for fatal US Navy collisions, Conventional conservatism is reboundingA roundup of global commentary for the Sept. 4, 2017 weekly magazine.
Readers RespondReaders write: Japanese in America, space junk solutions, science in the Weekly, new formatLetters to the editor for the Sept. 4, 2017 weekly magazine.
The Monitor's ViewA clear signal to help the problem gamblerBritain imposes a record fine on a gambling site that failed to screen customers who had gambled despite signaling they wanted to be self-excluded. Both the gambling industry and its regulators worldwide must be more diligent.聽
The Monitor's ViewNo relapse allowed for Guatemala鈥檚 anti-corruption winsThe Central American country, after a decade of progress against graft, defies a president鈥檚 backsliding and again sets a model for the hemisphere.
The Monitor's ViewHarvey鈥檚 lesson in weather forecastingThe accuracy in forecasting the hurricane helped Texas better prepare and shows the ongoing desire to live in rapport with nature by improving the intelligence of meteorology.
The Monitor's ViewHeading off preemptive violenceThe world is less violent today because of restraint by people or nations in justifying the use of violence to prevent violence against them. That trend should not be easily reversed as the US ponders attacking North Korea or as groups in the US justify violence at public protests. Humanity has grown in its understanding and use of empathy as a tool for peace.
The Monitor's ViewWhy the world better manages water crises like HarveyAs floods hit Texas, world water experts met at a global conference. One theme: How water crises drive cooperation more than conflict.
The Monitor's ViewTrust and politicsPoliticians are trying to address voter concerns about corruption in every which way. But the best answer might be to look inward. 聽
The Monitor's ViewThe promise of a new school yearA new school year is full of possibility. In some cases, that can mean overcoming pernicious stereotypes about students' limitations.聽
The Monitor's ViewAfghanistan's deeper challengePresident Trump is taking aim at the terrorist threat to Afghanistan. But the threat of corruption is in many ways more corrosive and will take just as much courage to root out. Yet there are positive glimmers.聽
The Monitor's ViewSafe protests and uncomfortable conversationsLast weekend's protests in Boston showed the growing tendency to invalidate those on the other side instead of engaging in tough 鈥� but needed 鈥� conversations.
The Monitor's ViewTeachable monuments?America's debate over Confederate statues comes down to a question of context: What do those statues mean? In the past, some have been used for reconciliation and understanding.聽
Lessons from 鈥榯he enemy鈥�When so much information is being flung at us daily, fitting the world into easily canned preconceptions may seem to be the only way to cope 鈥� to make sense of it all.聽But then you read Michael Holtz鈥檚 cover story on China鈥檚 dramatic plans for a new national park system, and the need for something more becomes apparent.
Global NewsstandAvoid force with North Korea, Invest in research in Africa, Bermuda parties' different campaigns, An ally's help for Taiwan, More vegetables for everyoneA roundup of global commentary for the Aug. 21, 2017-Aug. 28, 2017, weekly magazine.
Readers RespondReaders write: Prioritizing options, difference-makersLetters to the editor for the Aug. 21, 2017 weekly magazine.
The Monitor's ViewA common thread in curbing racist expressionAfter the violence in Charlottesville, Va., Americans are seeking ways to curb public expressions of racism, from statues to tweets. One idea lies at the heart of these efforts.
The Monitor's ViewWhat post-ISIS Iraq can do for peaceReports that Iraq wants to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia is another sign of how many Iraqis have learned from battling Islamic State that Sunni-Shiite rivalry must end.
The Monitor's ViewSolar eclipses as lessons in lifting shadows of hateLike the darkness of an eclipse, the dark mood of hate in the United States, stirred by right-wing protests, must be seen as fleeting.