--- description: Israel and the world must focus on ending the war in Gaza before it goes 'all the way.' Also, the death penalty's inhumanity, the role of U.S. guns in the border crisis and more. title: These Are the Five Best Ideas of the Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 21 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 4:24 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 4:24 PM CUT **1\.** [**Israel and the world must focus on not ‘going all the way’ in Gaza.**](http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.606313 "undefined") by the Editorial Board of Haaretz **2\.** [**The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity.**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-ogletree-the-death-penalty-is-incompatible-with-human-dignity/2014/07/18/c0849dea-0e6b-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2%5Fstory.html "undefined") By Charles Ogletree in the Washington Post **3\.** [**Two Haitan policymakers debate what’s more important for their country: justice or tourism.**](http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/two-leaders-in-haiti-follow-different-paths-to-save-the-country-a-981596.html "undefined") By Samiha Shafy in Spiegel **4\.** [**We can address one factor driving America’s border crisis: American guns fueling gang wars in Central America.**](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118759/nra-and-gun-trafficking-are-adding-fuel-border-migrant-crisis?utm%5Fcontent=buffer2cf1c&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer "undefined") By Alex MacGillis in the New Republic **5\.** [**In the future, art will be for everyone, and the internet will be the delivery system**](http://online.wsj.com/articles/carter-cleveland-says-art-in-the-future-will-be-for-everyone-1404762157 "undefined")**.** By Lisa Wade in Sociological Images  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012890/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-21/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012890/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-21/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 21","datePublished":"2014-07-21T16:24:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:08.531Z","description":"Israel and the world must focus on ending the war in Gaza before it goes 'all the way.' Also, the death penalty's inhumanity, the role of U.S. guns in the border crisis and more.","url":"https://time.com/3012890/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-21/","keywords":["Innovation","Art","Death Penalty","Gaza"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3012890/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-21/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 21"}}]}] ```