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Blue Paradise
De Blasio’s Debt to Wall Street

The inconsistency and hypocrisy at the heart of De Blasio-style progressivism is that it relies on the wealth of Wall Street to finance its big government ambitions.

The Green Paradox
Shale Twists the Knife in Coal

Nearly five percent of America’s coal-fired power capacity was lost last year as shale continues to squeeze out the sooty energy source.

Plus ça change
West Realizes: No Moderation Coming in Iran

From the Economist to Wendy Sherman, center-left wakes up to same old Iran.

unions versus the public
Hillary Doubles Down on K-12 Status Quo

How a non-socialist rival might have responded to Hillary Clinton’s teachers’ union answer at last night’s debate.

Crude Economics
Production Freeze Talk Pushes Oil Above $40

No one’s cutting production (yet), but merely discussing an output freeze has been enough to kick off an oil price rally.

Counting Carbon
Did China Already Hit Peak Carbon?

A new report says Chinese CO2 emissions are due to peak by 2025, if they haven’t already done so.

A New Middle East?
Turkey at the Turning Point

Ankara cuts deals with Iran and Brussels in same weekend it moves to crush opposition.

Blue Bust abroad
Europe’s Pension Reckoning Approaches

The global decline of the blue model stands to inflict even more pain on Europe than on the United States.

The Syrian Civil War
Israeli Defense Minister: Better ISIS than Iran

If this is how they see it in Jerusalem, imagine Riyadh’s view.

Drowning in Moderation
Iran’s Darkness at Noon

Nobel Prize Winner shares harrowing tale from Evin Prison.

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