Students at the City University of New York will have the incredible opportunity next year to learn from one of America’s finest military leaders. David Petraeus, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former director of the CIA, will join the university as a visiting professor of public policy at the Macaulay […]

American fuel producers are being forced to blend more and more ethanol into our nation’s gasoline to meet requirements set by the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Most of this ethanol is produced from corn, a biofuel that isn’t green, starves the world’s poor, and potentially fuels riots. But there’s an even bigger problem with […]

Greece is dredging up some ugly memories in Europe with a new push for German war reparations from World War II. Two weeks ago, a “top-secret” report from the Greek Finance Ministry was leaked that claimed that Germany still owes Greece €162 billion in reparations. The report made waves, but it wasn’t clear whether the […]

Americans who support gun control continue to express shock, disappointment, and disgust at the recent defeat of federal legislation expanding background checks for gun buyers. And at the center of their outrage is President Barack Obama. The WSJ reports: Democratic strategists, lobbyists and some Capitol Hill aides see last week’s defeat of the gun-bill amendments […]

North Korea doesn’t just want the big fancy corner office. It wants to be called “Sir.” The Norks insisted today that the DPRK be recognized as a “nuclear weapons state” by the United States, a demand that was swiftly rejected: “North Korea’s demand to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state is neither realistic nor […]

“Confusion, total confusion.” That’s how a Michigan consumer advocate describes her state’s campaign to enroll citizens in the new Obamacare insurance plans. Mass uncertainty about the details of the ACA and a flurry of negative stories in the press have sent the law’s supporters scurrying across the country to educate the public before October 1, when open enrollment […]

Beijing apparently told Delhi today that Chinese soldiers had, in fact, not crossed the border between the two countries, contrary to widespread reports by Indian government sources and the international media that a contingent of Chinese soldiers and helicopters had ventured six miles into India and set up camp.“I want to reiterate here that the […]

Welcoming young scientists at the third White House Science Fair, President Obama announced his plan (initially proposed in his 2014 budget request) to drastically increase funding and support for STEM education initiatives. The New York Times reports:  According to a summary in his 2014 budget request, Mr. Obama has designated $180 million for programs to […]

Kurt Campbell, who served as the very able Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs during President Obama’s first term, is one of the strongest advocates in the US for the “pivot to Asia” and unapologetically asserts that with the failures of the EU and post-Soviet Russia to organize for the challenges of the […]

In 2011, traffic congestion cost the US $121 billion in lost time and wasted fuel. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of that congestion occurs during rush hour. Some back-of-the-envelope math tells us that bad traffic in our daily commutes costed the US economy approximately $76 billion in 2011. This is all according to the Texas A&M […]