After sixty years of growth, it looks like the American appetite for driving may finally be sated. A new report from US PIRG shows Americans are driving fewer miles for the first time in history, largely thanks to the changing habits of apparently car-shy millenials: Young people drove 23 percent fewer miles in 2009 than […]

Congress is considering legislation that seeks to hold American higher ed institutions accountable for results. On Thursday, a group of Senators proposed the “Student Right to Know Before You Go Act”, a bill that would create a federal database containing the career outcomes of graduates for every college in the country.Similar proposals have been tossed […]

The Pew Research Center’s latest survey on Europeans’ attitudes toward EU politics and economics brings across one message loud and clear: Europeans are not happy. People from every major country report extreme dissatisfaction with the economy and their political leaders. Increasingly, they also share a sense that the European Union and economic integration were mistakes for […]

It’s only Tuesday, yet it’s already shaping into a rough week for OPEC. Yesterday we heard that the American shale boom was hurting the petrochemicals industries of OPEC’s Middle Eastern members. Today a new International Energy Agency report suggests that the US may soon steal OPEC’s thunder in conventional energy as well. The report predicts that rising […]

Slimy, yet satisfying. Ban Ki-Moon is doing his best Marie Antoinette impression, telling the world’s hungry to eat bugs. The AP reports: A 200-page report, released at a news conference at the U.N. agency’s Rome headquarters, says 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diets with insects, which are high in protein and minerals, and […]

The suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has risen by nearly 30 percent over the past decade. This news is depressing enough on its own, but the gender breakdown is where it gets disturbing: According to the New York Times, middle-aged American men kill themselves at nearly four times the rate that women do.W. Bradford Wilcox looks […]

The US shale boom has been great for the energy industry, obviously, but it has also produced ripple effects throughout other sectors of the economy. In particular, the boom has been a boon for the many chemical companies that rely on fossil fuels for production. In fact, it’s been such a game changer that many […]

If you’re currently an alcoholic, drug addict, or sex offender in California, don’t worry. There is one job you still check out for: drug and alcohol counselor. The Sacramento Bee reports on the results of a California State Senate investigation: The investigation identified at least 23 registered sex offenders certified as drug and alcohol counselors, a […]

The Department of Homeland Security is raising an alarm over a wave of cyber attacks from the Middle East that has targeted the processing systems of US energy companies. The NYT reports: “We are concerned by these intrusions, and we are trying to make sure they don’t lead to something much bigger, as they did […]

We all knew Detroit had it bad, but we had no idea it was this bad.Today DC bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr, appointed by the state as Detroit’s emergency manager, issued a report to the state treasurer detailing the city’s growing costs and dwindling revenue totaling more than $15 billion in debts and long-term liabilities. Bloomberg reports: […]