News Analysis
Corruption and Incompetence
Former Assistant SecGen: The UN Is Failing

When even the New York Times is publishing op-eds bemoaning the condition of the United Nations, you know things have gotten really bad.

After Blue
Transcending the Single Family Home

The single family home, an artifact of the blue model world, is slowly falling out of favor across America. It’s time for zoning laws to catch up.

An Energy Eclipse
Solar Struggles Around the World

From the Mojave Desert to sunny Spain, solar producers are struggling to keep the lights on.

Basic Arithmetic
The Global Blue Model Crisis

Twenty OECD countries have $78 trillion in pension liabilities—with much of that figure unfunded.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
The Lights Go Off in Venezuela

Electricity crisis causes nation to take weeklong vacation.

Wasted Effort
China Squanders Wind Energy

China lost 20 percent of its wind power potential last year thanks to poor siting and a lack of grid infrastructure.

Brazil's Depression
Endgame in Brazil?

Is President Rousseff hitting rock bottom?

Blue Governance
No Light at End of Tunnel for Public Pensions

The numbers just don’t add up, and the day of reckoning draws ever nearer.

The Prudes Win Again
Air Force Cashiers Top General for Suggestive Emails

If the British had been as cretinous and moralistic as the DC sex police these days, Napoleon would have conquered Europe.

Back in the Middle (East)?
Putin: We Can Redeploy to Syria Any Time We Want

Surely you didn’t think he would wash his hands of Assad that easily?

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