Innovating Away Problems
Uber Means A Greener Future

Greens rejoice! Car-sharing service Uber is not only making car ownership in metropolitan areas less necessary. It also appears to be spurring on the adoption and development of public transportation.

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The Weekend Read
Thinking Straight About Teacher Tenure

Tenure is not the only or even the main reason that we have bad teachers in primary and secondary schools in California or elsewhere. But nevertheless, we should not shy away from asking, “Whom does tenure benefit?”

Scottish Independence
J.K. Rowling and the Nationalists’ Ire

As the Scottish independence movement runs out of steam, uglier elements are starting to emerge among the nationalists. J.K. Rowling is having none of it.

Game of Thrones
Mekong River Is the Newest Asian Battleground

Laos is starting construction on a set of dams on the Mekong, angering its neighbors and threatening to draw China and the U.S. into another southeast Asian water battleground.

Weekend Read
Jonathan Galassi on the Futurists

When no values are worth fighting for, all that matters is the fight itself, and victory, no matter what the cause. It’s both a understandable and eminently dangerous sentiment that has led to much suffering in the 20th century.

The Weekend Read
Jonathan Galassi on the Futurists

When no values are worth fighting for, all that matters is the fight itself, and victory, no matter what the cause. It’s both a understandable and eminently dangerous sentiment that has led to much suffering in the 20th century.

Game of Thrones
Beware China’s Air Power, Pentagon Report Warns

From new fighter jets to drones, China’s air force is quickly gaining on the West.

Fraternité
Merkel Defends French Warship Sale

Business as usual: Angela Merkel sees no problem with the French sale of the Mistral carriers to Russia.

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The Not-So-Special Relationship

Seventy years ago, D-Day marked the pinnacle of the U.S.-UK “special relationship.” Today British military power is a shell of its former self.

Game of Thrones
Eyeing China, Modi Reaches Out to Taiwan

Modi seems intent on putting a more muscular India in the middle of the Game of Thrones in East Asia. He’s already deepening Delhi’s relationship with China’s rivals: Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and others.

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