Reforming Delivery
New Technology Lowers the Cost of Eldercare

U.S. companies are finding ways to lower the cost of eldercare with new technologies. The future of U.S. health care depends on these efforts—not on Washington’s technocratic tinkering.

Islamic Statecraft
ISIS Executes Hundreds of Sunni Tribesmen

The Washington Post reports that ISIS faced a significant Sunni uprising in August and replied with mass slaughter. Sunni revulsion toward ISIS could be a key ingredient in its defeat.

Frack Baby Frack
North Dakota Races to Frack Better

North Dakota is setting all kinds of oil and gas drilling records, and is showing signs of continued improvement. In fact, drillers in the state are already working on cutting down on the flaring of excess gas—a win for both industry and the environment.

Hail Shale
Fracking Floods US With Cheap Gas Ahead of Colder Months

Gas utilities are pleased as punch to see an oversupply of shale gas depressing domestic prices, as they’ve struggled to refill storage capacities in the wake of last year’s historically cold winter.

Hong Kong Chaos
Hong Kong Leadership Digs In Its Heels

The leader of Hong Kong and the President of China are both sending clear signals that they are not even considering making significant concessions to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement.

ISIS' Foreign Fighters
Denmark’s Deluded Policy for Returning Jihadis

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Network News
Watch WRM and Francis Fukuyama Talk About ISIS

Some representatives of the American Interest were on CNN recently talking about President Obama’s strategies for dealing with ISIS.

Reddit AMA
Tune in to Walter Russell Mead's AMA Tomorrow

TAI Editor-at-Large Walter Russell Mead will be conducting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” tomorrow, October 22, at 2 p.m. EDT, so start thinking of any questions you’d like to have answered!

The Post-Snowden Age
ISIS Goes Offline

The group has embraced a social media blackout to guard against data monitoring by the U.S. Are we seeing the fallout from Edward Snowden’s revelations?

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Art and Responsibility
Klinghoffer: A Night At The Opera

John Adams’ Klinghoffer may portray Leon Klinghoffer’s murderers in a more sympathetic light than many might prefer, but it is neither an endorsement of nor an apology for the murder. It is, however, a morally questionable production, as the composer and librettist turned a family’s private grief into a public spectacle—against their will.

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