News Analysis
Culture of Outrage
The Persecution of a Nobel Laureate

The story of Timothy Hunt is a story about the convergence of some of the most destructive trends in modern Western intellectual culture.

The Francis Era
Vatican Simplifies the Annulment Process

An annulment system that gives answers faster and imposes fewer costs on those going to Church courts is a good thing. But if the process needs to become simpler, then marriage should be harder to get into.

Showing the Full Horror
ISIS’s Sexual Enslavement—of Yizidis and Christians

The details of ISIS’s sexual enslavement of Yazidi girls are hard to come by, as a fascinating Daily Beast article on a Canadian rescue operation makes clear. But like the NYT before it, the article contains an oversight.

Jews is News
France Reaps the Rewards of Anti-Semitism

France is trying to woo back entrepreneurs it has lost to Israel. It would be smarter to correct the conditions that drove them away in the first place.

Transit's Future
Avoiding the Crush of the Rush

While not totally fictitious, the so-called “infrastructure deficit” is one of the country’s problems that’s not as bad as advertised.

Still Boondogglin'
The Solar Curse Goes for a Three-peat

The world’s worst-led social movement continues to flounder and flail.

Higher Education Watch
The End of the SAT?

Dropping the SAT while hand-waving about “diversity” is a politically convenient way for colleges to serve their own narrow interests without doing anything to actually admit more low-income or minority students.

Biofuel Boondoggle
American Ethanol on the Rocks

The ethanol industry retrenched this week after two “destination” plants closed their doors.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Malaysia and US Talk Spying and Flying

Worried about China’s rise, Malaysia is reportedly holding secret talks about letting the U.S. fly spy missions out of its airfields, though it hasn’t made a final agreement.

A Greece of Our Very Own
Puerto Ricans to Spain: Take Us Back

“The more united we are, the better chance we have of overcoming issues like debt.”

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