The latest poll on Obamacare may surprise both sides of the debate. The poll, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that disapproval with the rollout is widespread, but this dissatisfaction hasn’t translated into increased opposition to the law itself. On the contrary, support for the ACA is basically the same as it was before the […]

Ukraine’s approaching hour of decision is one of the biggest geopolitical stories of our time. If you haven’t been following this story, it’s this: Ukraine is considering signing a free trade and association agreement with the EU, and Russia is not pleased. The Kremlin has threatened and bullied and offered incentives to Kiev in an […]

College students have been beating a path away from the humanities. Since the 1970s, the percentage of American college students majoring in humanities fields has been cut in half—to only seven percent—as students pursue degrees in programs like science and business. As a result, a number of colleges are shuttering their under-attended programs, which is […]

In partnership with the State Department’s “MOOC Camp Initiative,” Coursera, the online education purveyor, is planning to open a number of “learning hubs” in foreign countries, where students can come to take free online courses that would include classroom discussions taught by locally based foreign service officers or Fulbright scholars.The program is designed to overcome […]

A local Chinese government is throwing a dying solar panel producer a $150 million lifeline. Suntech was once the world’s top seller of solar panels, largely because it was able to leverage government support to sell panels cheaper than all of its non-Chinese competitors. It won the race to the bottom, flooding the market with […]

Some events rise to the level of civilizational challenges, given just the right historical circumstances. Ukraine’s trajectory in the coming months and years will prove to be one such event, for the path it chooses will determine more than just its own fate. Its choice will serve as a test of Russia’s role, showing us […]

Municipal crises are spreading relentlessly in California, this time to Fresno, home to half a million residents. Fresno took a beating during the recession when, like many other cities, it saw tax revenues start to dry up. But that didn’t stop city officials from digging themselves into an economic hole with absurd spending projects, like […]

The British government’s health agency is the latest body to give fracking a clean bill of health, in a move that should galvanize the country to act on its considerable reserves of shale gas. Reuters reports: Public Health England (PHE) said in a review that any health impacts were likely to be minimal from hydraulic […]

3D printers are already helping people worldwide bypass guilds and inefficient systems. CBS news recently ran a profile on Paul McCarthy, who developed a 3D printed prosthetic hand for his son Leon. Leon was born without any fingers on one hand, but McCarthy was able to find a free design online that he used to make a […]

Greenland, the world’s biggest island and an autonomous territory of Denmark, overturned a multi-decade ban on uranium mining in a close parliamentary vote a week ago. Chinese companies have joined Australian, British, Scottish, and other firms in an effort to elbow their way into this developing resource bonanza. The end of the ban, which had […]