Even if Europe manages to put off the worst of its economic crisis, it will soon have an even bigger problem on its hands: the alienation and desperation of an entire generation of young people. Fifty-seven percent of Greeks ages 15-24 are out of work. Spain, Italy, and Portugal show similarly high numbers of unemployed youth. As European […]

Your car has a computer, but chances are you’re not very good at using it. That’s not your fault. A lot of that computing power is under the hood, so to speak, and your car’s user interface needs to be simple enough to be operated while driving. But a new service promises to sync your […]

G.K. Chesterton tells the story of the time that St. Francis of Assisi visited Rome and the pope of the day proudly showed him all the wondrous treasures of the Vatican. Referring to a story in the Biblical Book of Acts in which St. Peter spoke with a beggar in Jerusalem and told him he […]

At least one law school is getting its head out of the sand. According to the WSJ, Northwestern University’s law school recently announced that it will cut its incoming class size by 10 percent: “We’ve seen a decline in applications, and there’s clearly been a huge shakeout in the legal marketplace,” Daniel Rodriguez, the school’s dean, said […]

Mexico imported a record amount of American natural gas in 2012, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Mexico’s appetite for energy is increasing as its economy grows, but thus far its domestic production is unable to keep up with demand. Fortunately, thanks to the shale gas boom, the US has […]

The low and middle classes are being priced out of a life in New York City. Even as many residents spend fifty percent or more of their earnings on housing, the majority of the city’s “affordable homes” are still out of reach. House prices and rent have risen by more than forty percent since 2001, […]

Egypt’s death spiral is now scaring off even its closest friends. Last year, Qatar give an Egypt in crisis $5 billion in aid money. But Qatar won’t help Egypt anymore, according to the FT. Qatar’s decision comes as Egypt continues its downward spiral: Shortages of diesel in recent weeks have already created long queues in […]

When Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed the head of an investigation into a protest that turned violent at a huge copper mine in northwest Burma, the monks and villagers, many of whom were burned by phosphorous grenades and beaten by police, breathed a sigh of relief. Burma’s most prominent human rights activist would surely […]

Yesterday the EU decided to postpone its controversial carbon charge for airlines after the US, India, Russia and China threatened a trade war. The original idea put forward by Europe’s greens was to include the aviation industry in the EU’s carbon-trading scheme, charging all flights travelling to or from EU member state airports for the […]

Go to college for seven semesters and get your last semester free!As Americans begin to question the value of college degrees, universities are beginning to experiment with these kinds of marketing gimmicks to attract cost-sensitive students. According to the WSJ, the deals run the gamut: all the way from a modest $2,500 application rebate, to […]