News Analysis
Stuck with snail mail
How the Post Office Killed an Innovation Everyone Wanted

Outbox promised to save the post office money and improve our mail delivery system, but the USPS quashed it. Incumbents threaten to derail the information revolution.

Blue Civil War
California Dems Face Off on School Reform

A charter school leader who promotes school reform is facing off against California’s sitting Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both are Democrats, of course. Is this a sign that the bluest of states may soon break with the teachers’ unions?

Political Science
Climate Scientist: IPCC Report Sullied by Politics

One leading climate scientist was so frustrated by the political mangling of the underlying science in a recent IPCC report that he published a letter decrying what he believes may be an “inescapable conflict between scientific integrity and political credibility.” This is why the Global Climate Treaty movement is dead in the water.

Beijing's Balancing Act
Treading Carefully, China Opposes Sanctions on Russia

As it watches the West respond to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, China is keeping its own entanglements with its neighbors in mind.

ACA Agonistes
ACA Enrollment Surges, Public Yawns

Supporters of the ACA were reinvigorated by the March surge in enrollment, but it didn’t raise the public’s low opinion of law. The disastrous first impression left by the ACA’s rollout still lingers.

Nothing To See Here
Obama Tip-Toes Past the Graveyard of His Foreign Policy

Even the New York Times can’t help but notice that President Obama is edgy about his foreign policy record. And he has good reason to be.

Hail Shale
US Takes the Green Lead

U.S. emissions dropped 3.4 percent in 2012, more than double Europe’s less impressive reductions. America is taking the green lead not through elaborate subsidy schemes, but because of better energy efficiency and the bounty of natural gas that fracking has provided.

California Blues
Toyota Goes to Texas

Toyota’s move from California to Texas is another clear win for red governance over blue when it comes to jobs.

Game of Thrones
Obama Signs Landmark Defense Treaty in Manila

Today Obama signed a ten-year defense treaty with the Philippines. Amid ongoing Chinese aggression in the region, it’s not just Manila that will be heartened by Washington’s increased Pacific presence.

Africa's God Wars
16 Dead in CAR Hospital Shooting

Fresh violence in the Central African Republic leaves 16 dead as the God Wars continue to wreak havoc throughout Africa.

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