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Columns and Articles by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman

May 05, 2018

Census taking outside of the US


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April 28, 2018

The Census: Counting On It.


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April 21, 2018

Words Matter.


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March 10, 2018

Let Us Take a Tour of Slavery Through History


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February 24, 2018

Thirteen Russians Indicted for Election Meddling


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February 17, 2018

Valentine's Day Has Religious Enemies


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February 10, 2018

In a Democracy, Character Matters.


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February 03, 2018

Our Better Angels


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January 27, 2018

The Kurds Are Transforming Islam


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December 30, 2017

What are Laws and Norms?


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December 23, 2017

Is Fear of Strangers a Human Instinct?


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December 16, 2017

Good Manners Need a Renaissance


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December 09, 2017

Is Fundamentalism in Meltdown?


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December 02, 2017

Can There Be a Centrist Party?


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Can There Be a Centrist Party?


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November 25, 2017

Is Saudi Arabia Heading for Disaster?


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November 18, 2017

One World or Back to Tribalism?


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November 11, 2017

Gender Wars in Perspective


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November 04, 2017

Democracy Cannot Have One Hand Clapping!


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October 28, 2017

Leaving the Union: Pros and Cons


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October 21, 2017

Vietnam Revisited


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October 14, 2017

Understanding Dangerous Weak Countries


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October 07, 2017

The Eternal Russia


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September 23, 2017

Nation Building in Afghanistan?


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September 16, 2017

Freedom Is a Tricky Concept.


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September 09, 2017

Destroying Sacred Icons Is Not New.


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September 02, 2017

"Why Can?t a Woman Be More Like a Man?"


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August 26, 2017

Resentment and Torchlight Parades


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August 19, 2017

Iran's Simmering Rebellion


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August 12, 2017

Is There Democracy in Iran's Future?


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August 05, 2017

"Palace Intrigues" in Art and History.


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July 29, 2017

The Past and Future of Work


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July 22, 2017

Humor Can Bring Down a State


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July 15, 2017

What do you know about Montenegro?


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July 08, 2017

Liberal or Illiberal Democracies, What Are They?


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July 01, 2017

Constitutional Crises In Our History


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June 24, 2017

True Believers, The World?s Nightmares


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June 17, 2017

Populism Across the Globe


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June 10, 2017

How Islamists Select Targets


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June 03, 2017

Where are the University Grownups?


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May 27, 2017

Where Religious Tolerance is Scorned (Part 3 of 3)


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May 20, 2017

Limits to Tolerance (Part 2 of 3)


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May 13, 2017

Religious Tolerance in World History


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Religious Tolerance in World History


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May 06, 2017

America?s Long Religious Heritage


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April 29, 2017

Russia?s New Global Aims


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April 22, 2017

America Has 250 Years of Consistent Foreign Policy


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April 15, 2017

Closing the American Great Divide


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April 08, 2017

World Happiness Report


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March 25, 2017

The Trouble With Today?s "Cassandras."


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March 18, 2017

Sweden Does Have an Immigrant Problem.


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March 11, 2017

The Role of Language in Politics


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March 04, 2017

Two-State Solution Faces Reality


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February 25, 2017

Crisis for the Muslim World


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February 18, 2017

Vetting Immigrants and Refugees


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February 11, 2017

Ideas That Make People Kill.


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February 04, 2017

Islam: One Size Does Not Fit All!


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January 28, 2017

The Arc of History


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January 21, 2017

World Law and Reciprocity


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January 07, 2017

Israel and Its Changing Neighborhood


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December 31, 2016

Who Are Americans? Multiethnic or Multicultural?


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December 24, 2016

Tradition!


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December 17, 2016

Populism?s Unanticipated Consequences: Dictatorship


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December 10, 2016

How Our "Nation of Immigrants" Works.


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December 03, 2016

America?s History of Isolationism or Engagement.


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November 26, 2016

Celebrating Native American Food


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November 19, 2016

Culture Matters Part 2


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