College applicants should may notice their financial aid packets getting a bit thinner this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that a number of colleges are cutting both tuition and financial aid in an effort to attract cost-sensitive students and break their dependence on financial aid and scholarships. Effectively, these colleges are gambling that they can […]

A lot happened in Asia this week. Chinese officials are suffering the revenge of scorned mistresses, while the country’s young working class is agitating for higher pay. China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC bought a Canadian firm for a cool $15 billion earlier this year, and might already be feeling buyer’s remorse. China is increasingly looking abroad for […]

A new study out of Stanford University looks at the rates at which private insurance companies reimburse doctors nationwide, and finds the results utterly baffling. Doctors are paid dramatically different rates for doing the same procedures (some twice as much as others), and there doesn’t seem to be any reason at all for it. Reuters: […]

Walter recently sat down with Charles R. Kesler, host of the American Mind over at the Claremont Institute, to talk about the history of American liberalism, the blue model, and US foreign policy. Above you’ll find the first of four parts; here are parts two, three, and four. They’re a great watch for your Columbus Day […]

 Local residents walk through floodwaters after cyclone Phailin made landfall at Gopalpur junction on October 13, 2013. Cyclone Phailin left a trail of destruction along India’s east coast and up to seven people dead after the biggest evacuation in the country’s history helped minimise casualties.Photo courtesy Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images.

The Financial Times is urging UK politicians to use caution when crafting green policies, lest they hurt Britain’s ability to compete in a globalized economy. It’s a warning already familiar to policymakers: first movers in green policies that restrict industry or curtail growth place themselves place themselves at a disadvantage to countries—especially in the developing world—without […]

Research into one of the most promising future green technologies is stagnating. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) can take carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground, but not efficiently—at least not yet. The technology is hitting road blocks: Norway glumly shuttered a massive CCS project recently, and a new report warns that […]

James Hightower III from Glendale, Wisconsin is, at 12 years old, set to become the youngest African American Eagle Scout in America. His final project was building new bleachers for a local baseball field, and one of his merit badges awoke a passion in him for legal work, which he hopes to pursue as a […]

Most Americans see commuting as an unfortunate but unavoidable chore, as one of those parts of adult life one must suffer through. Not surprisingly, more and more people are focusing on ways to improve the time spent traveling to and from work. The Wall Street Journal has some tips for making this onerous daily task more tolerable: A […]

The government shutdown might have a consequence neither of the two parties anticipated: a little competition. Gallup reports that support for a third party is at a new high: Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Americans say the Democratic and Republicans parties do such a poor job of representing the American people that a third […]