Employers are increasingly penalizing employees who refuse to enroll in programs to lose weight or quit smoking.

From where Putin is sitting, there are plenty of good strategic reasons to destabilize the Balkans.

Spain has three big elections this year—one of them in Catalonia.

The USAF is an unrivaled tool. But with no larger strategy directing the air campaign in Syria, we should not be surprised at the results.

A new study finds that health care is working better for many Americas, but other polls disagree. Either way, things don’t look terribly rosy overall.

Putin has his priorities straight in his head.

The Medicaid expansion isn’t going as smoothly as supporters expected. As long as health care costs stay high, the ACA will be targeted.

European leaders have been signalling that they will take any face-saving opportunity to wind down sanctions. But the failure of the most recent round of talks between Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany demonstrates that the Kremlin isn’t all that interested.

A paper in Turkey publishes the Hebdo cover, threats and police notwithstanding.

One Via Meadia reader navigating the ACA’s health insurance exchange finds that a recent salary increase will boost his insurance costs to more than twice the amount of the raise.