News Analysis
The Future of Schengen
Paris Mastermind Used Migrant Route

“Schengen is a sieve”, French intelligence officer says.

Known Unknowns
Antarctica Isn’t Melting as Fast as We Thought

A new study says Antarctic ice melting projections were off by as much as an order of magnitude.

The Paris Summit
US Senate Sends the World a Climate Message

The Senate sent two powerful and unmistakable messages to climate negotiators this week: Don’t expect U.S. cooperation.

The Syria Nightmare
ISIS Seeks Chemical Weapons “Aggressively”

What we’ve seen so far in Syria is nothing like as bad as things can get.

Base Politics
Refugee Fight Splinters Democrats

How the President Obama’s refugee rhetoric created an ugly and divisive culture war eruption.

Deadly Disease
Superbugs Breaching Last Antibiotic Barrier

Bacteria with a new gene that makes them resistant to the most powerful antibiotics have been found in humans.

ACA Fail Fractal
Is Winter Coming for the ACA?

The ACA chose to address coverage rather than underlying cost, and that move is slowly but surely coming back to haunt it.

the new political correctness
“It’s Going to Get Much, Much Worse”

NYU Professor Jonathan Haidt gave a fascinating interview to First Things magazine on campus coddling.

costs of terror
Terror and Migrants Threaten Global Supply Chains

Terrorism costs the world economy billions of dollars.

Widening Fissures
OPEC Can’t Come Up with a Plan

Divisions within the petrostate cartel are bogging down talks meant to sketch out a long-term strategy.

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