American higher education suffers as much from inflated costs as from what Tocqueville considered middle-class morality: identifying ultimate freedom and fulfillment with work.

Rather than banding together, Pakistan’s media outlets are hurling accusations at each other in the aftermath of the shooting of a famous TV journalist.

Harvard students blockaded the university’s administrative offices Thursday in protest of the school’s brown energy investments. This divestment protest reflects a naivety that the modern green movement should be working hard to purge if it wants to be taken seriously.

Indians and foreigners alike yearn for a government in Delhi that can get things done. But it’s one thing to pray for a strongman like Modi to deliver you from the Congress party, and quite another to live under the reign of a “benevolent despot.” In addition, there are limits to what Modi will be able to accomplish.

Nuclear energy can produce large amounts of electricity consistently, something no renewable source can yet claim, and it does so without emitting greenhouse gases. Environmentalists have so far been slow to embrace nuclear power, but that may be changing.

Good afternoon, TAI readers! We hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend. Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, but before you finalize your holiday plans, take a moment to look back on what you may have missed over the past week.

British House of Lords member Matt Ridley went after Malthusians in the WSJ. His brief for optimism in the face of natural limits is one of the best summaries of the anti-Malthusian case yet.

Starting Thursday, Beijing’s popular kebab street vendors won’t be allowed to grill their meats outside. This ban reflects growing desperation amongst the Party leadership to address the country’s increasingly serious air pollution problem.

Amazon is launching a new service that will deliver perishable goods right to customers’ doors. Greens should be hailing this as a huge leap forward.

Even doctors agree that over-treatment is a pervasive problem in our health care system. It’s time to chance the incentives.