Aspiring young lawyers may want to read a new piece in the Wall Street Journal before sending in those law school applications. The Journal reports that, while the legal profession as a whole is beginning to see major price increases after the lean years of the recession, these higher fees are concentrated at the top […]

It was seven years ago that a Danish newspaper’s caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad enraged many Muslims across the Middle East. The effects of that backlash are still felt today in Denmark, where four alleged terrorists are in court over a retaliation plot in 2010 to open fire on a newspaper event attended by Danish […]

The election is still more than six months away, but the 2012 presidential campaign system is now officially underway: the Gallup organization has begun to release daily tracking polls.The first poll shows Mitt Romney with a narrow lead over President Obama — Gallup describes it as a “statistical tie.” The Rasmussen poll, the other daily […]

Once considered a rising Asian giant, Japan today is a cautionary tale about the perils of stagnation and economic mismanagement. Among other problems, a once robust industrial sector is falling prey to foreign competition and automation, forcing many plants to lay off workers. Japanese analysts now worry that over-reliance on an industrial base may be strangling […]

When North Korea’s dramatic missile launch last week ended ignominiously after just 90 seconds, much of the world—including Via Meadia—couldn’t help indulging in a sly chuckle. But there may be a more serious upside to the North’s humiliation. As the Financial Times reports, Pyongyang’s renewed commitment to missile development could provide the Obama administration with […]

New York City’s hyper-competitive public schools are infamous for the stress they inspire in parents, who spend thousands of dollars and lose months of sleep to ensure that their children win acceptance to the top schools. Clever entrepreneurs in New York are taking advantage of this situation by providing expanded tutoring programs geared specifically towards […]

The latest from the BBC brings welcome climate news—unless, that is, you’re one of those hysterical green activists who have been peddling predictions of global apocalypse. Richard Black, the BBC’s environment correspondent, reports: Some glaciers on Asia’s Karakoram mountains are defying the global trend and getting thicker, say researchers.A French team used satellite data to […]

The United Nations is being flouted and ignored more often than usual these days — and the consequences are, as usual, nil.In Syria, arriving UN ceasefire monitors are greeted with artillery barrages. Iran continues to ignore resolutions on opening its nuclear facilities to inspectors. And North Korea merrily flouts UN resolutions as it fires rockets […]

The Afghans and the Americans don’t agree on much these days, but both sides are pointing their fingers toward the Pakistan-backed Haqqani network as the force behind the coordinated barrage of attacks in Kabul over the weekend.This news pours cold water on hopes for an improved relationship after Pakistan agreed to allow NATO forces to […]

One of the greats of the blogging world, Mickey Kaus, warns that a factory explosion in Germany could bring the world’s automobile industry to its knees. The explosion in Germany killed two people, and knocked out a factory that makes Cyclododecatriene.Why should you care? Cyclododecatriene is a key ingredient in the chemical used to make […]