News Analysis
Working Smarter
A Rare Good Decision

The L.A. Department of Building and Safety has transferred the city’s building permit records and regulations online for all to see.

Asian Geopolitics
Japan’s Self-Defense Bills Stalling

Shinzo Abe has extended the current session of parliament to allow debate to continue, even as the bills face stiffer and stiffer opposition from the Japanese public.

Gazproblems
Russia Faces Bleak Energy Outlook

Moscow is facing a cold new energy reality as it struggles to find a place in today’s oversupplied world.

The Nuclear Negotiations
Iran Lets the US Teeter

Tehran moots pushing the nuclear talks past June 30.

Food Fight
LA to Ban Street Vending?

Los Angeles regulators are willing to put thousands of jobs for undercapitalized workers in the crosshairs to protect themselves from lawsuits.

Europe's Paper Militaries
NATO Spending to Decline in 2015 Despite Russian Threat

Even in the age of Putin, many allies still don’t take defense seriously enough. If not now, when?

Working Smarter
How Shale Is Streamlining

It seems all involved in the shale industry are taking pay cuts to keep American crude flowing.

Reforming Delivery
Heart Attack Deaths Reduced as Hospitals Get Efficient

“With no new medical discoveries, no new technologies, no payment incentives” hospitals managed to make treatment for heart attacks much more efficient, saving lives. There’s low hanging fruit for the picking in our health care system.

Bankrupt Health Care
VA Crisis Worsens as Wait Lines Explode

Wait lines and costs have only gotten worse in the VA since the scandal broke last year. Maybe the system doesn’t work as well as some on the left think.

Greek Debt Talks
One More Feeble Kick at the Can

With Greek banks capitalized at 66 percent, money stampeding out of the country, and the chances of a deal being reached tonight declared nearly impossible… markets have rallied.

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