News Analysis
Russia's Economic Woes
Putin to Firefighters: No Christmas Pay for You

When things like this start to happen, it’s a sign that the foundations of a government are weakening.

Blue Model Blues
Gray Lady Sings the Blues

It is a good sign that even a deep blue news source like the NYT acknowledges the retirement problem.

$15 Minimum
How Much Job Loss Is Too Much?

A new paper estimates that recent minimum wage increases have cost about 100,000 to 200,000 jobs nationally.

South China Sea
US Says that B-52 Flyover Was a Mistake

Why is the Pentagon placating Beijing?

Europe Divided
Sanctions Process Revealed Italian Frustration

Italian PM Renzi unloads on Germany in lengthy interview.

Digital Age Warfare
Iranians Hack US Dam

WSJ reports on a classified 2013 hack of a dam in upstate NY.

Afghanistan in Peril
Taliban Rising?

The world President Obama is preparing to leave behind him increasingly doesn’t look like the one he promised on the campaign trail in 2008.

Kleptocracy Watch
The Moral Crisis Behind Deutsche Bank’s Russia Scandal

The decline in the willingness of large German companies to observe basic standards of business ethics point toward a moral, rather than merely an institutional, crisis.

Hail Shale
US Gas Prices Dip Below $2

The national average for a gallon of gas in the U.S. yesterday dropped below $2 for the first time in more than six years.

campus culture wars
POTUS v. PC, Part Three

For the third time this year, President Obama condemned the intolerance exhibited by some leftwing activists on college campuses.

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