The unrest in Ukraine has encouraged Hungarian neo-fascists to publicly call for the annexation of Transcarpathia, citing Crimea as precedent. Putin is a role-model to far right politicians across Europe.
Enemies of Thailand’s Prime Minister are preparing to impeach her over the government’s allegedly corrupt and ruinously expensive rice subsidy program. But the PM’s supporters won’t let her go without a fight.
Good evening, readers! We trust you’ve enjoyed your weekend, and that you’ve spent some time thinking up suitably devious pranks for Tuesday’s April Fool’s Day. While you gear up for the week ahead, take the time to look back on some of the stories you may have missed over the week behind:
Airbnb is one of many new service providers running afoul of the status quo in blue model cities. The company has dredged up some interesting data in its defense.
The Department of Education must be nostalgic for defunct regulations. If it reinstates the requirement that states authorize all online programs that enroll students within their borders, students will suffer.
In a rare sign of sanity in higher education, students are doing an end run on the ‘time served’ model of degree attainment at colleges, and instead are attending university in order to pick up only the skills they need.
The EU may start using the prospect of hydrocarbon imports from North America as leverage in the conflict over the Crimea. The economic dynamism of the American people often rescues us from our worst global blunders.
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