The West has lost it big time, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin told a meeting of Russia’s ambassadors from around the world visiting Moscow for consultations. “Domestic socio-economic problems that have become worse in industrialized countries as a result of the (economic) crisis are weakening the dominant role of the so-called historical West,” Putin told Russia’s […]

Joe Klein, in a recent column about his visit with student leaders in Indiana, briefly touched on the potential of online education at the high school level. Interviewing a group of impressive students at the Girls State leadership program, Klein heard firsthand their enthusiasm for online courses: Morgan was one of the three who were […]

Another day, another several dozen dead in Iraq. Americans are doing their best not to think about the violence there. We are tired of news from the country. Especially bad news. And we are immensely relieved that American soldiers are no longer involved.But to understand the turmoil sweeping the Middle East we have to keep […]

The Chinese economy can’t seem to catch a break these days. Two years ago, analysts—along with the Chinese government—were concerned about overheating and runaway inflation. For the past couple years, there’s been an equal but opposite worry that China has reached the beginning of the end of the long period of rapid growth.Via Meadia is […]

Another day, another eurozone summit. With European finance ministers set to gather in Brussels to fill in the details of last month’s bailout agreement for Spanish banks, nervous investors have already signaled their pessimism, pushing Spanish bond yields above the danger zone of 7 percent. (In stark contrast, German bond yields fell into negative territory; investors, […]

When we last left our friends at the United Nations, they were deputizing war criminal Robert Mugabe as an envoy for tourism after trying to hand Mt. Rushmore back to the Native Americans and ban Dante from schools, among other exploits. Although we at Via Meadia have since been preoccupied by other pressing matters, the […]

By this point, European summits have lost nearly all their credibility. Nearly two years of last-minute rescue plans that quickly flop have eroded the public’s confidence in Europe’s leaders and their ability to make tough decisions. But last month’s rescue package for Spanish and Italian bonds had many, Via Meadia included, convinced that this time […]

For nearly as long as the blue social model has existed, one of its strongest selling points has been its potential to improve racial equality in America. Programs like food stamps, affirmative action, Head Start and subsidized housing are aimed at poor and minority communities. Over time, the thinking goes, these will help put these […]

It’s a good thing the Obama administration isn’t involved in the global war on terror anymore. Otherwise, we would have American special forces waging all kinds of clandestine operations and wars in places like Mali.Oh wait…Three American commandos were killed in an April 20 incident when their car skidded off the road and into the Niger […]

Over the past year, we’ve been watching a geopolitical revolution get underway. It’s much bigger and more consequential than the Arab Spring, though the legacy media are giving it much less play. It will rearrange the global chessboard, improving the position of some powers, weakening others. It is a powerful boost to American power, reducing […]