Corporations like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have started investing in workers early: They are partnering with university systems to create undergraduate programs. We approve: Students can expect better job prospects after acquiring skills the market wants.

Not all Japanese are on board with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts to remilitarize the country.

A small subset of doctors are gaming the fee-for-service system and getting rich off Medicare. Reform is necessary, but health care guilds are standing in the way.

The average age and experience level of K-12 teachers has decreased significantly over the past decade. The infusion of young people has some worried—not least the unions.

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Methane emissions are a big contributor to climate change, and America’s cows are the largest single source of it. Researchers have some nifty ideas to help—everything from dietary supplements to gas-collecting backpacks.

The world is becoming a more dangerous place. Expect a rebirth of interest in strong U.S. foreign policy in response.

Hundreds of millions in tax increases over the next several years to fix dozens of billions in unfunded pension liabilities. And no one is sure it will even work. This is the bed Chicago made, and that Rahm Emmanuel has to sleep in.

Discretion may be the better part of valor for defenders of democracy.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed off on some important reforms to her country’s broken green energy policies today. Germany still faces a longer-term renewables problem, but watering down the energiewende is a step in the right direction.