News Analysis
Pipeline Politics
Canada Proposes a National Carbon Price

Not all of its provinces are thrilled.

Putin's Plutonium Play
Is It a Threat or Desperation?

Look no further than Putin’s list of demands to restart the plutonium deal for proof of how important sanctions relief is to the embattled Russian President.

Eternal Afghanistan
One Year Later, Taliban Attacks in Kunduz

This time around, the Afghan National Army appears to be doing better.

Blue Model Blues
Detroit Meltdown: Appeals Court Rejects Pensioners’ Challenge

Public union leaders, take note.

Middle East Mess
Charlie Brown to Stop Running Toward Football. Maybe.

The Obama Administration appears to finally be losing its ability to pretend to itself that Putin takes it seriously as a negotiating partner. But have any larger lessons been learned?

Duterte Harry
Duterte Mouths Off at Obama (Again) as Military Games Begin

Are American officials really unconcerned about the future of the alliance?

The Battle of the Billionaires
On Immigration, Silicon Valley is Not Moving FWD(.us)

Mark Zuckerberg’s group: innovators for conventional thinking.

A Green Dream
No, the UN Can’t Enforce the Paris Climate Deal

What good is a “non-adversarial and non-punitive” treaty, anyways?

Chicago Blues
Students Lose, Wall Street Wins in Blue Model Merry-Go-Round

Wall Street emerges as an unexpected beneficiary of the corrupt bargain between Chicago’s leadership and its teachers unions.

Crude Economics
Petrostate Production Soars Ahead of OPEC Cut

The cartel is talking about cuts, but all its members are doing is ramping up their output.

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