News Analysis
ACA Fail Fractal
Consumers Revolt Against ACA’s Narrow Networks

Yet another lawsuit shows why the ACA is increasingly unpopular: 33 consumers are suing a big California insurer for restricting their networks on the ACA after canceling their plans.

Fear the Airpocalypse
China’s Toxic Smog Problem Is Getting Worse

China’s air quality readings were worse this July than they were last year, much to the dismay of the hundreds of millions of urbanites living in the choking toxic smog.

Xi's Power Play
China’s Anti-Drug Crackdown Nets Jackie Chan’s Son

Xi Jinping’s government is cracking down on drug use in China, especially among celebrities. It’s yet another way to go after elites in order to curry public favor, while at the same time consolidating power in his own hands.

erin go bragh
Irish Leave Home For New Shores

Young Irish people are fleeing their home country en masse, and as they have done in the past, bringing their talents to other shores. But in the end, Ireland has the power to survive the euro crisis.

Strange Bedfellows
Turkey’s Spymaster Meets Imprisoned PKK Chief, Promises Peace

A secret meeting between a Turkish spymaster and a Kurdish militant leader on a prison island—it’s a dramatic scene, and a promising sign of rapprochement between two old enemies.

Peace in the Pacific
Australia and Indonesia Patch Up Friendship

Indonesia halted some joint intelligence and military activities with Australia due to allegations that Canberra had listened in on the Indonesian President’s phone calls. Now the two countries have resumed relations—which is good for the whole region.

Arabian Nightmares
Saudi Arabia and the Trouble with Terrorism

Alarmed by a swift and ravenous ISIS to the north, and al-Qaeda in the Arabia Peninsula to the south, Saudi Arabia is cracking down on terrorism at home and abroad.

Profligate Pentagon
Canada Rethinking F-35 Due to High Cost

Canada might not order the F-35. The “next generation” fighter jet is already costing the Pentagon more than any other weapons program in history, and the more U.S. allies that were expected to order F-35s choose not to, the more unaffordable it will get.

Good News Everyone
Fracking Earthquakes Part IV: Shakes Down

A new study by a USGS geophysicist finds that fracking-induced earthquakes shake less and are ultimately less damaging than their naturally occurring counterparts.

Ukraine's Future
Ukraine’s Refugees and the Difficulties of State-Building

The refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine is a humanitarian disaster. And on top of that, it bodes ill for Ukraine’s state-building prospects.

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