News Analysis
Hacking and Leaking
A Bad Week for Western Intel

Edward Snowden’s encrypted trove appears to have been decrypted by the Russians, even as the full scope of the OPM hack becomes apparent.

Tax Increase
Red Dawn Flickers in Kansas

Kansas increases taxes in a bow to fiscal reality. A better plan for future state-level reformers—reform government first, then cut taxes?

The Oldest Hatred
Madrid’s Newest Cultural Program: Anti-Semitism?

Madrid’s new radical leftist government is off to a flying start, with its culture minister tweeting an anti-Semitic joke. Its economy minister will be better at his job…right?

Better Banking
The Future of Finance

Whether we get an Uber of banking or just a profusion of new services coming out of existing companies, we are witnessing a quiet revolution in the financial sector.

Terminal Blue Model
New Tech: Government Must Change

Driverless cars will reduce government revenue, which is just one example of the ways the information revolution will undermine the status quo of governance.

Lily Pads in Iraq
Iraq as Obama’s Vietnam

The increased resemblance of our planning process to the run-up to the Vietnam war needs to give those making the decisions in D.C. pause.

the weakest generation
Mass Insanity is Creating a Snowflake Generation

An epidemic of mass insanity is apparently causing parents to warp their kids into fragile snowflakes who are simply unable to cope with daily life—let alone the growing global disorder.

ACA Fail Fractal
Why ACA Premiums Might Spike Dramatically

Insurers are asking for big hikes for their ACA plans because far fewer people have enrolled in the exchanges than is needed to keep costs down, argues Robert Laszewski.

Crude Economics
Iran Anxiously Awaits Oil Boom

Tehran hopes to boost oil production by one million barrels per day if and when Western sanctions are lifted, which could make life a lot worse for both OPEC and the U.S.

Diplomacy Thwarted
Tunisia’s Libyan Problem

Libya is no land for diplomacy. After trying to stay neutral in the conflict, Militants have stormed the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli and have abducted staffers.

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