News Analysis
Volatile Voltage
German Green Mania Makes for Panicky Prices

Intermittent renewables are wreaking havoc on German electricity prices.

UK Shale Hale Again?
The UK Jump-Starts Its Shale Industry

Is this a tipping point for British fracking?

Asia's Game of Thrones
Indonesia Stands Up to China

What we’re seeing in Asia is a geopolitical version of Newton’s Third Law: Where China pushes, it encounters a forceful response.

Philippines in Play?
Duterte’s Defense Minister Mops Up After His Boss

Maybe, once Duterte is properly briefed, he will no longer believe that President Obama should go to hell.

So Much for Peak Oil
Alaska Just Nearly Doubled its Oil Reserves

A Houston-based company just discovered a field that could one day produce 200,000 barrels per day.

The Cost of Traffic Accidents
The Promise of Self-Driving Cars

Secretary Foxx has reason to be optimistic about automated car technology: the advent of the self-driving car stands to usher in the most consequential tech revolution of our time.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Starving Oil Workers Sell Clothes for Food in Venezuela

Roughnecks are selling the clothes off their back to feed their families.

Rise of Xi
Is Xi Following in Putin’s Footsteps?

Xi may try to extend his tenure.

Progress
In Africa, a Link Between Phones and Freedom

Uganda’s putting porn on the “naughty list” and Zimbabwe’s trying to block WhatsApp, but Africa’s mobile revolution is real and its impacts are just beginning to be felt.

family matters
Married Parents, Stronger Students

More evidence of the concrete benefits of a two-parent family structure.

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