News Analysis
Crime and Punishment
94 Percent of Chicago Shootings Go Unresolved

A low police clearance rate contributes further to a sense of disorder and lawlessness in the Windy City.

Coordinated Production?
Are the Stars Aligning for an Oil Freeze?

The three biggest players in an oil output freeze deal are all sounding like they’ll cooperate in Algiers later this month.

Israel & Japan
Japan Cozies Up to Israel

For Israel, getting closer to Japan is a hedge against an increasingly unfriendly Europe.

Nothingburger
The US and China “Ratify” Toothless Climate Deal

America’s “ratification” of the Paris climate deal was legal—only because the deal is toothless.

Doubling Down
The Battle for the Future of South Africa Intensifies

Zuma responds to bad election news by moving to tighten his grip on power.

G-20 Wrapup
Much Ado About Nothing

The first thing anybody needs to do who wants to follow the news intelligently is to learn to filter out the noise in order to focus on the signal. The G-20 is noise; what goes on there has little or nothing to do with the real events shaking the earth.

Labor Day Chart of the Day
Pension Storm Getting Worse

An irresistible force is approaching an immovable object…

Missile Diplomacy
Norks Crash China’s G20’s Party

North Korea launches missiles just hours after world leaders meet in Hangzhou.

Conspiracy
Gulen, a Secret Cardinal?

If the Turkish government never wants to see Gulen extradited, it should continue with this kind of paranoid reasoning.

Immigration
A Rebuke to Merkel

The exit polls are in, and the German anti-immigrant party has come in a strong second in state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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