News Analysis
Feeding the Future
Malthus Chokes on Bumper Wheat Crop

Global wheat production is on track to break records this year.

Land of the Rising Gun
New “Godzilla” Sets Aside Postwar Taboos

Japanese citizens may be thinking about the use of force differently than they have in many years.

Higher Education Watch
Another Casualty of Campus Orthodoxy

A historical establishment that fails to chronicle for the great drama of American high-politics is abdicating an important element of its responsibility.

Blue Civil War
New Federal Regulations Squeeze Small Colleges

A new regulation is likely to force costs upward, especially at smaller schools.

Hail Shale
Labor Day Gas Prices Hit 12-Year Low

Falling oil prices will help American drivers save 27 cents per gallon at the pump this holiday weekend.

India Ascendant?
Vietnam à la Modi

India is throwing its geopolitical weight around more and more in Asia.

Behind Closed Doors
The Murky Secrecy Surrounding the Iran Nuke Deal

There is absolutely no policy justification for these concessions being kept from the public.

India à la Modi
Modi’s Weak Reforms

The PM is declaring success, but very few of Modi’s reforms have made it through congress, and those that have are pretty weak.

Smart Spending?
Green Climate Fund Failing at its Only Two Tasks

The UN’s Green Climate Fund lacks focus, according to its former executive director.

Intergenerational Warfare
Russian Pensioners Have Never Lived So Large Before

Russian authorities have authorized a one-time payment to pensioners next year to help in difficult times. The disbursement, however, will at least in part be funded by expropriating today’s workers’ savings.

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