| Readers write: News from Iraq, religion and faith, working together, local mongooses, and a special issue Posted: 12 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: News from Iraq, religion and faith, working together, local mongooses, and a special issue]( "Readers write: News from Iraq, religion and faith, working together, local mongooses, and a special issue") If they do, the Iraq War will have finally created some good and hopeful results that will hopefully spread to neighboring countries. Thanks for the really insightful Nov. 12 Heart of the News article "Why Americans talk less and less about love and kindness." I am involved with an interfaith organization. Regarding the Nov. 19 Heart of the News article "Making a trailer park truly their own": That these folks are forming a cooperative and working together to make a nice, safe, nonprofit home warms my heart and points to a future I would like to be part of.
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| Global Newsstand: Political elites don’t understand that populist victories are still democratic, and more Posted: 12 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST ![Global Newsstand: Political elites don't understand that populist victories are still democratic, and more]( "Global Newsstand: Political elites don't understand that populist victories are still democratic, and more") "There has been an increasing vogue over the past couple of years to bemoan the unhealthy state of democracy around the world...," writes Sholto Byrnes. "Any democracy that is not inherently majoritarian has turned into an unrepresentative oligarchy – for the people must always have the final say.... Far from there being a democratic recession, there is a crisis among much of the global political class.... They have got democracy on its head. The President of the United States will be less constrained by moderating advice but will face a Democrat controlled Congress.
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