Ukraine, Russia, and the West all have their own reasons for not calling the ongoing conflict a war, just as they all have different views of what would constitute an acceptable peace.

An Australian judge has predicted that incest will soon be as acceptable as homosexuality, arguing that the risk of birth abnormalities is no longer a threat due to access to abortion and contraception.

The Iraqi Prime Minister accused the Kurds of harboring ISIS terrorists, in the latest of a series of ugly speeches. But there’s nothing Baghdad can do to prevent an independent Kurdistan.

The ISIS offensive has so far played to Iran’s advantage, but poses a strategic nightmare for it in the long run as Iraq continues to dissolve.

Licensing regulations are keeping small businesses down and entrepreneurs out of important sectors. We need to grease the wheels of the service economy, not erect barriers in front of it.

A new study changed the way doctors were paid, and it significantly lowered the overall cost of the treatment they offered—but the researchers can’t figure out how. Technocratic tinkering, it seems, isn’t very useful when it comes to reining in health care spending.

China is reforming its judicial system, ostensibly to rein in corruption, but it’s also another piece in a puzzle suggesting that Xi is battening down the hatches and centralizing control.

North Korea lodged a formal protest at the UN against a new Seth Rogen comedy about the assassination of Kim Jong-Un, calling it a “war action.”

The U.S. has been shocked over and over when Beijing says one thing and does another in the South China Sea. Now, at least, it looks like Washington has figured out China’s strategy.

The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission threatened ride-share service Lyft with potentially crippling fines one day after it announced its arrival in the Big Apple. More competition would be better for all, not only between Uber and traditional taxi services, but between Uber and Lyft as well.