Reforming Delivery
Will Technology Put Doctors on Life Support?

Doctors aren’t going away, but as technology empowers nurses and other providers, they will certainly do less primary care. This is good news for everyone.

The Francis Era
Creating a Pope in the Media’s Own Image

The Pope did not say that all dogs go to heaven, but for a media convinced of its own account of this papacy, details sometimes seem beside the point.

A Lot of Hot Air
Lima Salvages Last-Minute, Watered-Down Climate Deal

Delegates ran thirty hours over deadline to sign a climate agreement in Lima over the weekend, but the deal is full of caveats.

The Evolution of Erdogan
Erdogan Arrests Opposition Media Figures

The editor-in-chief of Turkey’s largest newspaper is among those seized.

ACA Fail Fractal
Hospitals and Insurers: Caring Is Not Sharing

The Affordable Care Act was supposed to decrease the cost of uncompensated care for insurers and hospitals. But while profits for industry giants are rising, they’re not sharing.

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The Islamic State
A Security Threat at Europe’s Doorstep

IS poses a terrorist threat unlike any Europe has faced before.

The Cost of Stability
Egypt’s New Terror Law Threatens Civil Society Groups

Egypt’s new “terrorist entities” law defines terrorism in such a way as to give the state broad powers to restrict political action and civil society groups.

Result
Russia’s Bond Yield Higher Than Rwanda’s

Russian borrowing costs are absurdly high for an energy-exporting state with no sovereign debt problem.

Sending a Message
Egypt Bars US Academic from Entry

The military government expels a U.S. scholar at the border, but Egyptian academics have it even worse.

Congress & the CIA
What the Congressional “Torture Report” Missed About the Hunt for Bin Laden

Intelligence collectors did not have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight—unlike the Senate committee.

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