News Analysis
Cheap Heat
Shale Is Making It Cheapter to Heat Homes This Winter

Americans are saving on heating bills this winter. Shale deserves plenty of credit.

Religion in America
US Episcopalians Get Yellow Card from World Anglican Body

We are probably seeing the latest stage in the unfolding saga of the Reformation in the English-speaking world.

Strange Bedfellows in the Middle East
Saudis Look to Israel

New Israeli initiative to reach out to Gulf states will likely find a warm welcome.

South China Sea
China Lures Private Investors To Paracel Outpost

Its efforts are intended to send a signal about its seriousness to other countries with claims to the islands.

Shale Gas Goes Global
US Entering a Rapidly Changing Global LNG Market

The global LNG market underwent some big shifts last year. Here’s what that means for US exports.

BDS Watch
A Promising Sign from the Academy

The American Historical Association voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to reject an anti-Israel resolution.

ISIS Everywhere
ISIS Strikes Indonesia

What will the attack mean for stability in southeast Asia?

The Snowden Affair
Andrew Jackson’s Lead Widens in GOP Primary

What Ted Cruz’s flip-flop on Edward Snowden says about the state of the GOP race.

NATO Defense
Germany Ponders Big Increase in Defense Spending

German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the lower house of the country’s parliament to make “an appropriate” addition to the country’s defense budget for the next year.

Fill 'Er Up
Gas Prices Fall to Six Year Low

America’s average gas price fell below $2 for the first time since March 2009, according to new EIA data.

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