The abortion fight in the United States is one of the most intractable facets of the culture war. Time for an exercise of semantic hygiene with the terminology used by both sides in this conflict.

In 2012, Vladimir Putin vowed to build up his military. Now Russia is doing big business in arms sales.

A recent report from Bank of America finds that the U.S. is the world’s top oil producer, surpassing even Saudi Arabia. Fracking has completely remade the American energy landscape, and President Obama must surely be grateful for the respite from bad news.

British citizens are attempting to travel to Syria to fight. The UK, like the rest of the West, can’t afford to ignore the civil war spilling across borders in the Middle East and beyond.

New, possibly surprising, results from North Carolina and Kansas show that cutting unemployment benefits might provide a better boost to economic growth than cutting taxes.

There’s nothing inevitable about the brain drain of America’s best and brightest to the big cities. Some small-town Mayors report that they’ve had great success luring top talent away from places like New York and DC.

Nicaragua approved plans for a Chinese-built rival to the Panama Canal on Monday, with construction to begin by the end of the year.

Swiss banks that have signed up for a Justice Department program on tax evasion are threatening to freeze the accounts of US customers who do not demonstrate compliance with US tax laws.

Not every creditor in the Argentinian bond cases is a titan of commerce.

Puerto Rico’s state-owned energy company is in dire straits, and creditors are getting ready for a tough fight.