News Analysis
China Hacking Scandal
Obama Talks Tough on China

As the White House gets ready for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s big visit next week, President Obama has some tough words for China.

Eco-Illogical
France Exercises Right to Ignore Science, Ban GMOs

France just hopped on a Luddite anti-GMO bandwagon that’s picking up speed in Europe.

Modimentum
Pew Study: 87 Percent of Indians Like Modi

A Pew study finds that an overwhelming majority of Indians hold a favorable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So why hasn’t he pushed through reforms?

Top. Men.
U.S. Syria Force Down to “Four or Five” Fighters

With a $500m program behind them, these must be very dangerous men.

Fanciful Farming
Magical Thinking in Indian Agriculture

An Indian minister advocated sending “good vibrations” to seeds to improve yields. This kind of thinking pervades Western green thought, as well.

ACA Agonistes
NYT: Obamacare Reducing Competition

One of the major effects of the Affordable Care Act has been to reduce competition in the health insurance sector.

The Great Inequality Debate
Inequality Hasn’t Made Americans Support Redistribution

A new study shows that Americans’ support for economic redistribution has remained constant or decreased, despite rising economic inequality.

Lucrative Leftovers
American Oil Producers Punch Back in Price Fight

U.S. companies are refracking vertical wells in mature fields for a cheap, quick boost in today’s bearish oil market.

Limping to Paris
Kiss This Important Climate Goal Goodbye

Back-of-the-envelope math says we will shoot well past the two degrees Celsius of warming scientists have warned against.

la patrie en danger
France to Bomb ISIS in Response to Homeland Threat

Commendable as the French turn against ISIS is, Paris may not have any more strategy to deal with the problems posed by Syria than we do.

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