So what exactly happened in Algeria last week? You’re getting a distorted picture of the story if you’re just reading newspapers. As an antidote, we direct you once again to our friend and colleague Adam Garfinkle, who gives us an excellent rundown of what the MSM is missing. (And if you haven’t done it yet, […]

Andrew Sullivan and Damon Linker may soon have to find a new intellectual bugaboo. On The Immanent Frame, Marcia Pally rounds up recent data on America’s evangelical population showing that millennials are increasingly disenchanted with the culture wars: Recent trends point to another political transformation within this community—to those evangelicals who have left the right, moving toward an anti-militarist, […]

Has the time of the oligeeks arrived? According to Joel Kotkin over at New Geography, the true power base behind Obama’s second term is the group of oligarchic tech companies that are thriving in America’s new information economy: Last year the tech oligarchs emerged as major political players. Microsoft, Google and their employees were the largest private-sector donors to […]

After weeks of brutal tit-for-tat killings between Indian and Pakistani soldiers across the militarized Kashmiri border, the Indian government issued a stark warning today: Be prepared for a nuclear war. The AP reports: The notice, published Monday by the Kashmir police in the Greater Kashmir newspaper, advised people to build toilet-equipped basements large enough to […]

The UK is really getting under France’s skin. PM David Cameron is trying to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership and calling for a referendum on the matter. This move places him within a very rich British tradition of infuriating the French. Gérard Errera, the former French ambassador in London and now chairman of […]

China has forcefully protested Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks that the U.S., although it takes no position on the sovereignty of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, opposes “any unilateral actions that would seek to undermine Japanese administration.” There is no doubt that China owns the islands, China’s foreign ministry spokesman said, adding that the […]

Is New York City cruising for a bruising? Greg David of Crain’s New York Business reports that NYC’s debt has doubled during Michael Bloomberg’s decade-long tenure as Mayor. Recession-based spending increases did play a major role, but they cannot bear all the blame: reckless spending by the city government exacerbated the problem, and things are expected to get even […]

The French initially said it would only take weeks to eliminate the jihadist threat in North Africa; British Prime Minister David Cameron said this weekend that the West faces a “large and existential threat” from jihadis that could last a lot longer: “This is a global threat and it will require a global response. . . […]

Over the past week or so, I have had recourse to critique the American mainstream, elite press for not doing justice to the situation in the Sahel on behalf of their readers. Over the past few days, the Algerian angle of the evolving situation has come to the fore, and here the MSM has done […]

The fiscal cliff bill didn’t just raise taxes; it showered half a billion dollars on a canny Big Pharma company that knows its way around Capitol Hill. A provision in the newly-passed fiscal cliff bill allows pharmaceutical giant Amgen to sell one of its pills (Sensipar) for two more years without having to negotiate a fair […]