News Analysis
Between Ambition and Despair
Medvedev to Struggling Teachers: Get a Job

The Russian Prime Minister has been giving politically tone-deaf advice to citizens lately. What’s on his mind?

Je Ne Regrette Rien
Boohooing Over Brexit?

Not quite, recent polls suggest.

Still Boondogglin'
A Hillary Flip-Flop Worth Cheering

Just a year after embracing biofuel mandates, Hillary Clinton is apparently looking at alternatives to that disastrous system.

Blue Model Blues
Actuarial Establishment Tries to Suppress Explosive Paper on Public Pensions

Is it any wonder that Americans are fed up with experts and the institutions they manage?

Africa's Culture Wars
Uganda’s Porn Police Strike Again

If the goal is to stamp porn out of Ugandan society, a lot of Ugandans are going to end up in shackles (and not in a way some might like).

Bigger than it looks...
Norks Fire Missile Within 200nm of Japanese Coast

North Korea has decided to raise tensions in Northeast Asia, and China is either unwilling or unable to do anything about it.

Higher Education Watch
Blue Civil War, Illinois Edition

When progressive priorities collide.

Crude Economics
Resurgent Shale Threatens to Drag Oil Prices Down Again

Crude prices have stumbled lately on rising inventories and the looming shale rebound.

cause and effect
A Dubious Defense of the Blue Model

‘Wealthy coastal states tend to vote for Democrats. Therefore, Democratic economic policies are superior.’ If this reasoning sounds fallacious, that’s because it is.

Democracy in South Africa
Elections in South Africa: A Referendum on the ANC

South African voters decide today whether to blame the ANC for the country’s woes or give the old anti-apartheid party another chance.

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