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Still Boondogglin'
EPA’s New Biofuels Targets Please Exactly No One

The EPA found the sour spot this week when it unveiled new biofuel targets, drawing the ire of virtually every involved stakeholder.

Puerto Rico Blues
Puerto Rico Narrowly Avoids Default—Sort of

Puerto Rico managed to avoid complete default because of the creativity of its politicians and bankers, not because it suddenly discovered some extra cash or figured out how to balance its spreadsheets.

Guns in America
The Distorted Politics of Gun Control

Gun control and tough-on-crime policy are two sides of the same coin. Both require a stronger police presence, and both have racially disparate outcomes.

We've Reached the Summit
The Pointless Paris Climate Conference

While negotiators fruitlessly work towards a spineless deal, Bill Gates offers a more compelling approach to tackling climate change.

Russia & the Middle East
Russia Adds Troops to Syria, Opens New Air Base

Reports are also circulating of outreach, air assistance to Kurds.

campus unrest
What to Do About Woodrow

Should Princeton knock the twenty-eighth president off his perch?

Abenomics Lives
Abe’s Popularity Revives

Opposition to remilitarization, it appears, has not been durable or strong enough to send Abe’s numbers down in a lasting way.

Africa's God Wars
Pope Turns Attention to “God Wars”

Pope visits the Central African Republic. Other Western leaders should take note of what he said there.

Fuzzy Numbers
Official Numbers Hide Depth of China’s Smog Problem

China’s smog problem is much worse than the country’s official numbers suggest, according to a new report.

The World on Fire
President Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy, Libya Edition

The President jets to Paris climate conference while ISIS tightens its hold on Libya.

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