live-and-let-die
What Is the Fate of Assisted Suicide?

California has legalized assisted suicide, quadrupling the number of Americans who can legally kill themselves with medical help if they become terminally ill. Will other states follow suit?

Free Trade
TPP Exposes Contradictions in the American Left

Even a flawed trade agreement that helps workers in countries like Vietnam deserves the support of people who seriously care about the global poor.

The Oil Factor
The Specter of Saudi Instability

For those who think the Middle East doesn’t really matter all that much anymore, a major oil crisis that destabilized the global economy would be an important wake-up call.

How To Read Ukraine
Is Putin Winning or Losing?

Putin doesn’t need military success in eastern Ukraine or further advances into Ukrainian territory to get his way.

Higher Education Watch
Is Corporatization the Problem?

A New York Times essay argues that campus political culture has been corrupted by the corporatization of the university. This framing, while important, misses an important part of the story.

Earthquake
Corbyn Wins Labour Leadership

If you are doomed to lose whatever you do, you might as well let your freak flag fly.

Reflections on Elizabeth II
Breakneck Change in Tumult-Filled Times

Two continuities mark the life of the longest-reigning monarch in British history: one is the presence of accelerating, transformative change in every dimension of human life; the other is the smugness of establishments who assume that the important questions have been answered, and that nothing important will ever change.

Higher Education Watch
The End of the SAT?

Dropping the SAT while hand-waving about “diversity” is a politically convenient way for colleges to serve their own narrow interests without doing anything to actually admit more low-income or minority students.

The European Immigration Crisis
Europe is Facing a “Great Wave” of Immigration

New figures show Europe’s migration crisis matches the U.S.’ historic peak.

Parsing The Kingdom
Insights From a Saudi General

The WSJ sat down with a former Saudi General to talk regional strategy. It can be hard to read the tea leaves in a conversation like this, but the outlines of how the Saudis might be looking at the region after the Iran deal are emerging.

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