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free everything
The Upper-Middle Class Welfare Act

Why there might be a political future for the free college movement.

South China Sea on a Boil
Is China Building Floating Nuclear Plants for the South China Sea?

Color us skeptical.

An Energy Eclipse
The Sun Finally Sets on a Solar Giant

SunEdison filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, capitulating to mounting debts accrued during a period of rapid growth.

campus culture wars
State Legislature Wages War on Campus PC

The left-wing campus crusaders at the University of Tennessee are running up against a formidable obstacle: the Republican-dominated state legislature.

American Gas Goes Global
Europe Can Thank US Shale For its Cheap Natural Gas

Gazprom may have a price war on its hands as it vies to keep U.S. LNG out of Europe.

the red dawn flickers
Kansas’ Budget Numbers Keep Looking Worse

Kansas’ experiment with doctrinaire Tea Party, tax-cutting governance has not yielded the results its proponents hoped.

Middle East Mess
The Syrian Ceasefire is Unraveling

It looks like the Syrian civil war is about to kick back into high gear.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Beijing Lashes Out at Taiwan

Beijing is trying to send a strong signal ahead of the inauguration of Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen.

overregulated
Small Business Should Be Priority Number One

Americans of every color and every background are going to have to become more entrepreneurial in the 21st century economy than they were in the slower-moving, more structured 20th.

unions versus the public
Blue Civil War Meets Thin Blue Line

A Chicago policing practice highlights one of the many ways unions put the interests of their members over the interests of the public.

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