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the future of college
Goldman Sachs: Higher Ed Ripe for Disruption

“Returns on a college education are falling,” warns a recent report from the investment bank.

Cuba Not So Libre
Cuban Dissidents Rearrested

Cuba may be a small, geopolitically inconsequential country, but it is a useful test case for analysts of Obama’s foreign policy.

the price of healthcare
Cost Control First, Access Second

A grim picture of rising costs suggests that the Affordable Care Act, with its focus on coverage expansion rather than cost control, came at things from the wrong end.

Venezuela on the Brink
Venezuela’s Maduro Tries to Hobble Country’s National Assembly

South America is arguably the one arena where President Obama’s hands-off strategy has worked. But things could still get very ugly, very soon.

China's Next Economy
Chinese Markets Stabilize

China’s real economy isn’t doing great, but may not be responsible for the stock market slide.

Hail Shale
In 2015, US Natural Gas Prices Hit Lowest Annual Average in 16 Years

Last year, America’s average natural gas price hit a low not previously seen this millennium.

race and admissions
Michigan Boosts Minority Enrollment Without Affirmative Action

Colleges should be conscious of maintaining and expanding black and Hispanic enrollment. But affirmative action is not the answer.

The Sunni-Shi'a War
How Not to Offshore Balance

As the Saudis’ regional allies turn on Iran, there are signs that the West is turning against the Saudis. If offshore balancing is the goal, this is not the way to go about it.

The Coming Backlash
Migrants Molested Women in Cologne on NYE

European leaders, having embarked on the project of rapidly integrating large numbers of immigrants from a failing society into their own, may have a day of reckoning ahead, perhaps sooner than most people expected it to come.

Russia Today
What Analysts Miss about the Russian Orthodox Church

Today’s Russian Orthodox Church is the child of the Soviet-era Church, which a relentless KGB subordinated to Communist power.

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