Brazil’s President is dealing with some hard realities: severe drought, soaring inflation, and a rough preparation process for the upcoming World Cup. The BRICs, once the darlings of the global economy, have a rough road ahead.

Apocalyptic warnings about climate doom may help greens capture public attention, but they also generate “denialism, fatalism, and polarization.”

Medicare gives doctors an incentive to prescribe expensive drugs, likely costing the Federal government billions of dollars every year. But the solution to this problem isn’t more regulation or more federal control over health care; it’s more consumer control.

Eighty-five percent of public pension funds are on track to go bankrupt within 30 years, according to a new stress test of pension plans.

After a setback in New York, charter school opponents have taken the fight to Illinois, which is considering 12 bills to limit the spread of charters in the state. The outcome could have a major effect on the governor’s race, which is currently neck and neck.

A report alleges that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons again. Does the Obama Administration care that its threats and warnings mean so little in this ever-more chaotic world?

Having moved closer to the civilian government up until now, Pakistan’s military establishment is growing frustrated with the trial against one of their own, former army general and dictator Pervez Musharraf.

A new study suggests that relatively few previously uninsured Americans became insured through the ACA exchanges. The one metric supporters use to defend the law is looking shaky.

Strategic failure in the Middle East could be a blessing in disguise.

One senior Russian official believes Moscow is set to ink a long sought-after gas deal with Beijing next month. We’ve been told such an agreement was close for more than a decade, but Russia has more reasons now than ever before to seek a new natural gas customer.