MYTH Through a year of shocking reversals for the rule of law and democracy, a myth of Donald Trump’s inevitable ascendancy has taken hold. But that myth ignores how deeply unpopular Trump’s ...

FEAR Drawing a line through Nazi-fighting wartime President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the author proposes that prevalent fear is the truest test and measure of democracy in a nation. The greater the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When we’re willing to view life as the teacher, even in the midst of uncertainty, a journey begins. This journey—some might call it the spiritual path—challenges us to shift from fear of uncertainty ...

I broke down and spent the money to have a poster framed. I’ve had it for years. It belonged to my parents, and it was an insert in the New York Post magazine in 1943. It’s a Norman Rockwell piece and ...

We have accepted fear as inevitable – the student fears exams, parents fear children's futures, the elderly fear abandonment. Yet fear has no separate identity. Its cure is not escape but recognition: ...

As BJP national president Nitin Nabin concluded his two-day visit to poll-bound West Bengal, focusing on booth strengthening, ...