Political Decay
Negative Partisanship Rises

People used to vote “for” their party. Now they vote “against” the opposing party.

demographic transformation
America’s Majority-Minority Future Approaches

Balkanization of American society across ethnic and racial lines will not make it a better place.

Europe's War on the Internet
EU Moves to Tax Robots as “Electronic Persons”

Treating robots as mid-century factory workers won’t bring back the Blue Model—but it could cripple the Continent’s future.

Blue Model Blues
Bond Agencies Take Note

There is a big underlying difference between the financial health of cities that prioritize infrastructure and those that don’t.

Self Denial
Berlin Buries Shale Dreams with Indefinite Fracking Ban

Germany took a big step backwards by slapping its fledgling shale industry with an indefinite ban.

overregulated
White House War on Jobs Making Progress

How the Democratic Party hastens the decline of less-skilled work.

China in the World
China Trying to Keep Its Venezuelan Pound of Flesh

China is getting an ugly reputation both for extending loans to bad actors and then trying to claw them back from the people the dictators robbed and oppressed.

Game Over
A Reckoning for Russia’s State-Backed Doping Scheme

As a result of an ongoing doping scandal, a ban against Russian track and field athletes participating in international sporting events has been extended through Rio.

A Failed Policy
State Department up in Arms over Obama Syria Policy

Never has a President’s policy had so much pushback from his own high officials and appointees. Never has a President defied so much evidence to insist on the unique cerebral brilliance of a policy in ruins.

free speech and its limits
The Gawker Precedent

Re-visiting the judgment against a mischievous media company.

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