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The Monitor's ViewMusic can soothe a sultry summerJoining others in song or dance may lift one’s sense of well-being, a recent study suggests. So sing (or dance) on.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveIrrepressible Truth
A Christian Science perspective: A deeper understanding of God as Truth supports a climate of openness and truthfulness.
Keeping facts in the idea zoneIn the digital age, assertions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes are easy to dream up and a snap to propagate. Facts are harder to establish. But they are what matter.
Global NewsstandNew understanding, no more child marriage, China and trade, plant opportunity, improve rural livingA roundup of global commentary for the Aug. 8, 2016 weekly magazine.
Readers RespondReaders write: Judges versus opinion, difference in attackersLetters to the editor for the Aug. 8, 2016 weekly magazine.
The Monitor's ViewFor Africa, a lesson about identity politicsVoters in South Africa gave the ruling African National Congress a sharp rebuke for presuming it can be reelected as the natural leader of the black majority. The ANC must return to Nelson Mandela’s goal of a nonracial society with equal opportunities.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveThe phone call
A Christian Science perspective: In search of an honest way to make a living.
The Monitor's ViewWhat’s not a game in Rio OlympicsAs host to the 2016 Games, Brazil hopes to both rebrand itself abroad and improve its own society. The Games remain a force for good, and each Olympics leaves its own legacy.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveLeaves of hope and healing
A Christian Science perspective: Turning to the Bible offers hope and healing.
The Monitor's ViewA leap for Japan’s women – and its economyTokyo elected its first female governor, another sign of Japan’s slow progress to revive the economy by encouraging more women in the workplace.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveMoved with compassion
A Christian Science perspective: Compassion inspires us to act and bring healing to the world.
The Monitor's ViewAlabama can lead by rejecting a lotteryAs one of the few states without a lottery, Alabama may soon vote to start one as a revenue fix for a fiscal fiasco. Yet national data show lotteries are a tax on the poor. States can’t rely on faith in luck when they must invest in talent.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveThe authority of goodness
A Christian Science perspective: The goodness of God is not happenstance.
The Monitor's ViewBritain’s answer to angry votersAs in the US election campaign, British voters showed their dislike of globalization in opting out of the European Union. Now a new prime minister seeks to restore trust in globalization’s prime agents: corporations.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveDominion over troubling mental images
A Christian Science perspective: Moving beyond the mental preoccupation with accidents.
The Monitor's ViewA Norway gift that would move mountainsTo honor Finland’s independence anniversary, Norway may give it a mountain peak along their border. The gift, while a small gesture, symbolizes a kind of peace that may keep land-grabbing bully nations at bay.
A world apart, a world we shareAs humans becomes more attuned to the ocean, we will need to modify our age-old, land-based default toward tribalism and territoriality.
Global NewsstandThe future of Turkey, come together after Nice, can China play by the rules?, value of diaspora, Canada must guard against police racismA roundup of global commentary for the Aug. 1, 2016 weekly magazine.
Readers RespondReaders write: How to help nicotine addicts, better step for protecting beesLetters to the editor for the Aug. 1, 2016 weekly magazine.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveOvercoming misogyny
A Christian Science perspective: Praying to see through misogynistic attitudes toward women.
