| Why Guatemala’s 180 on corruption matters for Central America Posted: 11 Jan 2019 01:13 PM PST ![Why Guatemala's 180 on corruption matters for Central America]( "Why Guatemala's 180 on corruption matters for Central America") A constitutional and political crisis has been averted – temporarily, at least – in Guatemala this week, after the Constitutional Court ruled that President Jimmy Morales could not unilaterally expel an international investigative body focused on fighting corruption. Mr. Morales previously has attempted to muzzle CICIG, as the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is known.
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| Behold Greeks giving thanks Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:45 AM PST ![Behold Greeks giving thanks]( "Behold Greeks giving thanks") In Greece this week, government leaders gave a big thank-you to a visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel for helping the country become free of massive bailouts and get itself back on its fiscal feet. Just five years ago, Alexis Tsipras, the current prime minister, told Ms. Merkel during a visit to "go back" because of the financial austerity and strict reforms imposed on a Greece long used to entitlements, tax evasion, and lying about official debt.
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| What does it mean to be ‘conservative’ in the Trump era? Posted: 11 Jan 2019 09:33 AM PST ![What does it mean to be 'conservative' in the Trump era?]( "What does it mean to be 'conservative' in the Trump era?") As a conservative writer and thinker, F.H. Buckley has a certain reputation for wit and a wry sense of humor. A professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, he's written about the morality of laughter, invoked "the once and future king" to describe former President Barack Obama, and accuses America's wealthy elites of enjoying "redneck porn," his term for political stories that objectify all those "deplorables" sniffing Oxy in places like West Virginia.
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| In the Sahara, a vast emptiness etched with a thousand paths Posted: 11 Jan 2019 06:38 AM PST ![In the Sahara, a vast emptiness etched with a thousand paths]( "In the Sahara, a vast emptiness etched with a thousand paths") In Agadez, one simple, overriding reality imposes itself: the vast emptiness that surrounds this ancient trading post in the southern reaches of the Sahara desert. For Scott, the trip recalled his first youthful adventure in these parts, nearly 30 years ago, crossing the Sahara astride a Honda 500cc dirt bike. After all, the British government "advises against all travel" in the Agadez region for fear of jihadi terrorists, and the French authorities "strictly discourage" their citizens from frequenting the area.
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