Writing at Inside Higher Ed, Thomas Terry, associate professor at Idaho State University, spills the beans on anti-Mormonism in the halls of academe. Terry himself is not a Mormon but teaches in a state where 27 percent of the population are Latter-Day Saints and so knows something about them. His piece recounts some of the […]

And now for something completely different: good news from Europe. A new European Commission report suggests that Italy is “decoupling from Spain” and lists the differences between the two countries.The contrast is striking. Unlike Spain, the Italian government is not operating with massive budget deficits. In fact, as the FT reports, the Italian government actually ran […]

Via Meadia has pointed out instances where high Iranian officials have committed themselves to Israel’s destruction. In The American Interest, Sohrab Ahmari and James Kirchick join us in countering those who seek to downplay or deny the very real malevolent and potentially genocidal intent the rulers of the Islamic Republic harbor towards the Jewish state.Their piece, “We Are All […]

Via Meadia has been nervously pointing to signs of slowing growth and stalled reforms in India. The slowdown is taking a heavy toll: In the first three months of 2012, GDP growth dropped to the lowest level in nine years.The FT reports: Sharp falls in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors led Asia’s third-largest economy to […]

The bad news from Spain has just gotten worse: EU efforts to stave off a massive bailout for Spain have been unable to calm markets or renew faith in Spanish banks. The euro has taken a massive beating over the past week, falling to €1.24 against the dollar, down from €1.32 one month ago. Meanwhile, […]

With Spain and Greece now nearing total economic collapse, Europe is in for another summer of high-profile meetings, diplomatic half-steps, and continuing tension between Germany and its Southern neighbors. Amid all the confusion, one question remains: How do Europeans feel about all this? A recent report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project attempts to answer that […]

Reuters reports: In India’s northern desert states, farmers are scrambling to harvest as much as they can of a bean with the power to lift them out of poverty. In the United States, the multi-billion dollar shale energy industry is banking on their success.U.S. companies drilling for oil and gas in shale formations have developed […]

Once close allies in the War on Terror, Pakistan and the U.S. have experienced a deteriorating relationship in the past 18 months. Misdirected drone strikes, civilian deaths, and a belief in Islamabad that America has consistently trampled on Pakistani sovereignty has left the relationship in a state of cold fury.Of course, Pakistani anger at the […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is about to embark on his first official trip to a foreign country‚ and his destination, China, says something about the Administration’s military priorities.Before the trip, however, comes a security summit with leaders from India, Vietnam and Singapore. In preparation for the summit, Panetta gave an address at the Naval Academy […]

As if Egypt’s liberals did not already face enough obstacles to their envisioned Egyptian democracy, round one of the nation’s presidential elections now places the two most illiberal candidates in a runoff contest set for June 16–17. In one corner is the Muslim Brotherhood’s man, Mohamed Morsi, and in other is Mubarak’s onetime appointed Prime […]