News Analysis
Hail Shale
Frackers Fix Their Fatal Flaw

The shale industry is making impressive progress in bringing down the steep output decline rates of fracked wells.

Mafia State Watch
Spain Fires Shots at Putin’s Kleptocracy

A big bust nets eight mobsters. A further set of warrants are out for Russian officials directly implicated in gangland dealings.

Shale Gas Going Global
How the New Panama Canal Can Save American LNG Exports

The recently enlarged Panama Canal can shave time and costs for US LNG exporters looking to sell their wares to Asia.

Beyond
Atheism is Rising, But…

The number of Americans who say they don’t believe in God has been slowly-but-steadily increasing since the turn of the century.

Atomic Promise
Smart Green Knows We Need Nuclear

There’s a plan—pushed by clueless greens—to shut down California’s last nuclear plant. At least there’s one environmentalist that knows that’s a mistake.

The Democratization of Burma
In Burma, the Military Still Looms Large

With all eyes focused on the Rohingya, we haven’t heard much about how the actual transition from military leadership to democratic governance is going in Burma.

Reefer Madness
California’s Bread-and-Circuses Weed Initiative

Moderate marijuana guru Mark Kleiman has harsh words for California’s new pot-legalization initiative.

Pacific Problems
“Comfort Women” Deal In Peril?

The Japanese payment of $9.75 million wasn’t enough to convince many Koreans that Tokyo felt real remorse.

2016
Clinton’s Student Loan Plan: Subsidies for Stanford Graduates

The Clinton campaign’s new student loan proposal would give relief to people who need it least.

Enviro-Mental
Scientists Scorn Greenpeace’s Deadly GMO Scare Tactics

A group of 107 Nobel laureates just called out Greenpeace for its Luddite and borderline barbaric opposition to a lifesaving GMO.

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