All bad things, too, come to an end. Eventually.That at least is the tone of this morning’s article in the FT on Greece’s tentative recovery. After six years of a brutal recession that’s seen the country’s output shrink by a third and its joblessness rate get as high as 27%, Greece is apparently poised to post […]

Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, has been making noise about peace with India, but how far will the army let him go?Immediately after his party won Pakistan’s election, Sharif invited Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, to his swearing-in ceremony. “Let there be no doubt that we will not allow terrorism to be exported to […]

Prince George’s County, Maryland stands out from the rest of the country in that it is among the most affluent majority-black counties in the US. But despite its uniqueness, it is quickly falling prey to a common trend—middle class parents are pulling their children out of public schools and putting them in private competitors that […]

With nine people arrested in the gruesome slashing murder of a British soldier last weekend, the UK political establishment is now in full panic over the possibility that radical extremism is spreading among the country’s sizable Muslim minority. As hundreds of mourners showed to support Lee Rigby’s wife and two-year old son while they grieved […]

The Maoists brought the convoy of politicians to a halt by felling trees across the road in a heavily forested area of India’s Chhattisgarh state. Then they blew up a landmine under one of the cars and opened fire.Reports say there were over 200 fighters involved in the ambush. They killed at least 24 people, including […]

The famous poem by the Canadian John McCrae commemorates the dead from the terrible trench warfare battles of World War One, but it is worth remembering today, as Americans (including a WRM nephew) are putting their lives on the line in another country where poppies bloom. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, […]

A state liquor board investigation into bars in New Jersey discovered that little has changed since Prohibition; bars on the boardwalks of the Garden State are still serving swill and charging customers premium prices.As this piece in Slate explains, what you get is often what you don’t want:  “In one instance, a bar in New […]

This week we continued our series on the future of work in America as the country transitions from an industrial economy to a service economy. The latest installment focused on the role of the government in promoting the development of a vibrant service economy in the information age: During the industrial age, federal spending and federal assets […]

Last year’s elections ushered in a new era in Tar Heel politics. The state elected a new Republican governor and a GOP-controlled House and Senate last fall, just four years after voting for Barack Obama, the first Democratic candidate the state had supported in 32 years.NC GOPers aren’t wasting time making use of their new […]

The fight among state Democrats over what to do with California’s surplus is getting heated. Just three years after facing a $60 billion deficit, something between $1.2 and $4.4 billion in extra cash is projected to come California’s way. Governor Jerry Brown is determined to avoid the financial disaster that followed California’s last surplus by […]