The pro-pot movement may be picking up steam, but Reihan Salam thinks the time is ripe to tax alcohol more heavily.

June 2, 2014 could end up being an historic one for President Obama’s green legacy, though time will tell whether it’s one he’ll be proud to tout. Today, the EPA unveiled a set of new rules targeted American power plants, kicking off a new and important debate.

Asian regional tensions erupted into an open exchange of words at the Shangri-La conflict this week, as the United States and Japan accused Beijing of destabilizing the region. China’s response was nasty.

New manufacturing trends are benefitting China, Mexico, and the U.S. all at once. Let’s do what we can to keep the good news coming.

Israel just had its driest recorded winter, but it isn’t afraid of a water shortage. Desalination technology has come a long way, making predictions of a worldwide freshwater crisis seem far less likely to come true.

In case you missed it over the weekend, Walter Russell Mead had a penetrating essay in the Washington Post assessing Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department.

When U.S. policymakers focus on Iran, they tend to look at technical issues—its military capabilities, its economy, its nuclear ambitions. But they seldom pay enough attention to its ideological beliefs.

One of Vladimir Putin’s greatest successes of the Ukraine campaign has been his resounding propaganda victory. The West had better take heed and adjust.

Centrist Democrats are taking heat across the country from a reinvigorated liberal wing. This week, it was Governor Andrew Cuomo who was made to dance across the coals.

Every year Medicare allocates billions of dollars to doctors in fraudulent expenses that the government has deemed too costly to investigate.