News Analysis
Power Forward
Japan’s Nuclear Restart Is Finally Here

Five and half years after Fukushima, nuclear power is back online in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Crude Economics
Slowing Oil Demand Might Make a Freeze Deal Moot

Limiting oil production won’t accomplish much if demand doesn’t pick up.

fighting the future
London Leans on Uber

Uber’s disruption of the London taxicab industry has been particularly ruthless.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Beijing Cutting Bait on Caracas?

Reports that the Chinese have been playkng footsie with the Venezuelan opposition.

So Much for Peak Oil
The Surging Permian

Texas’s Permian basin weathered the collapse in crude prices. Now it’s raring for a rebound.

campus culture wars
Colleges Are Defending Free Speech. Will Students Follow Suit?

Advocates of liberal education should cheer the preliminary signs of a turnaround on college campuses. But they shouldn’t break out the champagne just yet.

Hey Big Spender
Infrastructure Boondoggles Weigh Down Chinese Economy

Are you paying attention, California?

ACA Agonistes
Obamacare Discontent Rises

The public recognizes that the President’s signature legislative achievement has fallen far short of expectations.

The Libyan Afterparty Continues
Our Press Falls Down on the Job Again

No one needs Bush-era press inquisitions to make a return. But some more questioning by the media as to why Libya has turned out to be such a colossal disaster would be welcome.

The Long Game
Why Pakistan Sticks to Its Guns

Communal tensions in India suggest to the military and intelligence elites in Islamabad that the rising power of Islam will eventually lead to the undoing of India.

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