Jim Schlesigner was a great man, a consequential man, and an enigmatic man too in some ways.

The 2012 economic census shows some industries growing while payrolls stagnate. Confronting this trend will be one of the biggest tasks of the coming years.

The IMF deal with Ukraine will funnel up to $18 billion into an economy on the verge of collapse. Some of the largest beneficiaries? Russian banks.

Student loan debt is exacerbating the wealth gap between wealthy students and their less well-off peers.

California Governor Jerry Brown’s beloved bullet train is now expected to be slower than projected, in addition to being twice as expensive and used by half as many people. A majority of California voters now favor stopping the governor’s signature project. But Brown and his blue colleagues still face no serious electoral threat in their one-party state, allowing the high speed boondoggle to chug along.

The Obama administration announced yesterday that six million people have signed for for insurance through the federal ACA exchange. The only problem with this number: it’s meaningless on its own.

As Russian forces mass on the Ukrainian border, polls in Russia show that further annexations would be politically popular. The West’s problem with Russia is about more than just the top man in the Kremlin.

Ethnic tension drives yet another frenzied mob of Buddhists to violence this week in Burma’s Rakhine state. As the 2015 elections edge closer, the government shows no signs of quelling the mayhem.

Though the ancient Romans famously defeated the Carthaginians, today Tunisia, the modern-day location of Carthage, may depend on Italy for its survival as a newly democratic state. In fact, if Italy supports its ancient foe, the entire Maghreb region could actually benefit.

America’s SWAT problem is back in the news, after a raid on a family guilty of nothing more than drinking tea. Will we soon see a bipartisan push to take heavy-duty weapons away from small-town cops?