Ukraine’s economy is hurting badly, and that kind of news can make Putin’s day.

The European dream cannot be preserved without the determination to defend it.

We haven’t found the floor of the global crude market yet, and the world’s petrostates are sweating bullets.

The French President is one of many European politicians who feel that the sanctions may have had their day.

Harvard professors are protesting new university rules requiring them to pay for more of their own health care, and their anger is a sign of damage to come.

The White House just announced that the President will veto any Keystone bill that comes across his desk.

Prognostication is always a mug’s game, and nowhere more so than in the Middle East. Nevertheless, it’s a fun game to play, especially when the subject is a region so poorly understood by the U.S. mainstream media that it frequently gets blindsided by events.

But danger lies ahead for Israel with a changing of the guard at the Security Council.

Significant survey shows 65% ‘yes’ result.

Homeschooling is on the rise—yet another symptom of Americans’ increasing distrust of professional experts managing their lives.