Argument

An expert’s point of view on a current event.

  • Farm workers harvest zucchini during the coronavirus pandemic
    Farm workers harvest zucchini during the coronavirus pandemic

    How to Stop a Looming Food Crisis

    Trade restrictions are breaking supply chains, and coronavirus lockdowns are preventing laborers from working on farms. Countries need to step back and stop panicking.

  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (center) votes with other representatives in the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on March 30.
    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (center) votes with other representatives in the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on March 30.

    Viktor Orban Can’t Eradicate the Coronavirus by Decree

    Hungary’s authoritarian leader has granted himself dictatorial powers, but his neglect of the country’s health system and his powerlessness in the face of a depreciating currency will come back to haunt him.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a tablet screen in Montpellier, southern France, as he speaks from the Élysée Palace in Paris during a televised address to the nation on April 13.
    French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a tablet screen in Montpellier, southern France, as he speaks from the Élysée Palace in Paris during a televised address to the nation on April 13.

    Why Politicians Ignore Disaster Predictions

    Experts see catastrophe on the horizon, but nobody wants to pay the costs beforehand.

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