While the Russian Duma authorized President Putin’s request for permission to use military force in Ukraine, President Obama tried nailing jello to a wall, lecturing Putin on the importance of international law during a 90-minute phone call.

A collection of stories worth taking the time to read this Sunday.

The entire Washington establishment, from intelligence analysts to journalists, was until very recently predicting that Putin wouldn’t be sending troops into Ukraine. Will this crisis rip the blinders off?

Democratic governors have good reason to worry about how Obamacare is playing in their states. This week’s piece of bad news: the ACA could increase premiums for 65 percent of small businesses.

The White House’s former budget director Peter Orszag has convinced a court to seal his financial records. Here’s why that could deprive the public of key information.

Resurgent populist parties are set to make gains in the European Parliament in May. And with their rise, the EU-U.S. trade pact may be in trouble.

Privacy is important, but not for the reasons privacy activists usually cite.

Telecommuting is on the rise, but primarily for those 50 and older. We need to find ways to share the flexibility teleworking allows with the younger generation.

President Putin is making his move in Ukraine’s Crimea, and once again the West is caught flat-footed.

The Department of Transportation issued new rules this week requiring companies to test and classify the oil they ship by rail. That’s a step in the right direction, but we should really be building out our pipeline infrastructure to handle our new sources of crude.