Beyond charity

Simple virtuous acts aren't enough to heal the broken American economy.

By Virgilio Urbina Lazardi | Oct 5 07:50 pm ET

Our uglily beautiful world

We live in a beautiful world.

Or do we? Every day the evidence to the contrary seems to mount, and to make such a sweeping claim in the face of so much national and global adversity feels fatuous, even callous and perhaps cruel.

What’s so beautiful about natural disaster? What’s so beautiful about the persistent threat of terrorism? What’s so beautiful about persecution of minorities across the globe? What’s so beautiful about a crumbling economy, a threatened environment, a climate system under attack, widespread poverty, and a world in disarray?

By Amin Ghadimi | Jan 31 10:24 pm ET