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Colleges Aren’t Protective Cocoons

Liberals are increasingly unwilling to permit conservatives even to speak on campus. In the latest example of this “illiberal liberalism,” Azusa Pacific University postponed a talk by Charles Murray.

Higher Education Bubble
Fewer High School Grads Going to College

College enrollment is way down as more high school grads choose work over school. After years of bleak prospects for workers without bachelor’s degrees, that’s good news indeed.

Dam the Neighbors
Ethiopia: East Africa’s Success Story?

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam will be a jewel in the crown of a country whose fortunes are finally improving. But Ethiopia has much more to do if it is to meet its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2025.

Pipelines and Dragons and Bears Oh My
Eyeing China, Russia Risks its European Energy Market

Cutting off natural gas supplies would hurt Russia as well as Europe, but a potential deal with Beijing could give Moscow even more leverage in its standoff with the West.

The End of History?
How America Forgot Geopolitics

Since the end of the Cold War, many Americans have operated under the assumptions that old-fashioned geopolitics were a thing of the past. But now they are back, with a vengance.

Polar Shares
US Unprepared For Arctic Rush

A new report finds that the United States is woefully underprepared for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. We’re playing catch-up in a region with both commercial and strategic interests.

Student Debt Bubble
Middle-Aged Americans Haunted by Student Debt

Americans still rank student loans as their greatest financial problem well into their forties.

Weekend Read
Race, Democracy, and the Constitution

Granting preferential admissions to universities on the basis of race is impermissible if not unconstitutional. That is the correct decision the Supreme Court made this week. That does not mean, of course, that we shouldn’t try to address both racial and class discrimination in higher education.

Energy Security
The Persistence of Modern Piracy

Recent piracy in the Strait of Malacca is a reminder of the fragility of some of the world’s most important energy trading routes. American hydrocarbon exports would be largely unconstrained by such vulnerabilities, and would bolster international energy security.

Greener Pastures
Millions Fleeing Chinese Urbanity

The stress of fast-paced, polluted urban life in China has pushed waves of the country’s middle class to pick up and move abroad. The country’s growth-at-all-costs policy risks producing something of a brain drain.

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