Walter recently sat down with Charles R. Kesler, host of the American Mind over at the Claremont Institute, to talk about the history of American liberalism, the blue model, and US foreign policy. Above you’ll find the first of four parts; here are parts two, three, and four. They’re a great watch for your Columbus Day […]

 Local residents walk through floodwaters after cyclone Phailin made landfall at Gopalpur junction on October 13, 2013. Cyclone Phailin left a trail of destruction along India’s east coast and up to seven people dead after the biggest evacuation in the country’s history helped minimise casualties.Photo courtesy Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images.

The Financial Times is urging UK politicians to use caution when crafting green policies, lest they hurt Britain’s ability to compete in a globalized economy. It’s a warning already familiar to policymakers: first movers in green policies that restrict industry or curtail growth place themselves place themselves at a disadvantage to countries—especially in the developing world—without […]

Research into one of the most promising future green technologies is stagnating. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) can take carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground, but not efficiently—at least not yet. The technology is hitting road blocks: Norway glumly shuttered a massive CCS project recently, and a new report warns that […]

James Hightower III from Glendale, Wisconsin is, at 12 years old, set to become the youngest African American Eagle Scout in America. His final project was building new bleachers for a local baseball field, and one of his merit badges awoke a passion in him for legal work, which he hopes to pursue as a […]

Most Americans see commuting as an unfortunate but unavoidable chore, as one of those parts of adult life one must suffer through. Not surprisingly, more and more people are focusing on ways to improve the time spent traveling to and from work. The Wall Street Journal has some tips for making this onerous daily task more tolerable: A […]

During his grand Fall Eurotour—including visits to France, Germany, Italy, and Romania—WRM gave an interview to the French Paper Le Monde. The text can be found here, for those who have some French. WRM and Le Monde discussed everything from Obama’s Syria response to the “pivot to Asia” to Iran. Here’s an excerpt, translated: In […]

The government shutdown might have a consequence neither of the two parties anticipated: a little competition. Gallup reports that support for a third party is at a new high: Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Americans say the Democratic and Republicans parties do such a poor job of representing the American people that a third […]

The number 7 pointed to both good and bad news for Obamacare this week. On the hand, Reuters reported that only 7 percent of Americans think the rollout of the exchanges has gone well. That number isn’t surprising given the enormous technical failures of the federal exchanges, but it does show that the shutdown and debt […]

India’s latest attempts to remain the preeminent force in South Asia have been put in jeopardy by its own politicians. The Madras High Court has filed a public interest litigation to cancel the central government’s proposal to sell two warships to Sri Lanka. J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu wrote a […]