One of the most outspoken advocates for the Western effort to rid Libya of the Great Loon is now barred from entering the country…because he is a Jew. The Independent reports (h/t National Review): [French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri] Lévy was a vocal advocate of the French and British-led military intervention which helped to topple the Libyan dictator […]

The left is still in denial about the Democratic machine that ate Detroit. The NYT often laments the plight of public employees but turns a blind eye to the criminals who looted their pension funds. Now The Nation bemoans the austerity measures made by Detroit’s new “emergency manager” without a single word about corruption, the disgrace of its former mayor, or the theft […]

On Wonkblog, Ezra Klein highlights a new implant developed by Swiss scientists that can measure blood chemicals linked to heart attacks and send the result to your phone: Consider how dramatically these devices will change medicine. Right now, the medical industry is fundamentally reactive. Something goes wrong, and we go to them to fix it. This will make medicine […]

Xi Jinping’s first foreign trip as China’s head of state was to Moscow, where he signed a number of energy agreements last Friday. We didn’t make much of it at the time. The two countries have a history of making overtures without following up, and the odds against a true strategic alliance are still long. […]

A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives last week to allow Congressmen to work from home via the internet. How far we’ve come from this memorable 2006 outburst from the late Senator Ted Stevens:As FCW reports, a Representative is pushing Congress towards the 21st century: Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) introduced a resolution on March 21 […]

The age-old promise of the college wage premium is slowly dying. The WSJ estimates that nearly half of college graduates with jobs are underemployed—that is, working in jobs for which their degree isn’t typically necessary: Economists have generally assumed the problem was temporary: As the economy improved, companies would need more highly educated employees. But in […]

The Economist is adding its voice to the growing chorus of critics of U.S. corn ethanol policy: The 36 billion gallons of ethanol-equivalent biofuels the EPA requires to be produced by 2022 is now almost certainly a lost cause….Rather than rig things still further, as the farm lobby would like, there is one simple fix the EPA can […]

Gideon Rachman had a good column yesterday pointing out that the French have been notably absent as any kind of force in Europe ever since Francois Hollande took up the reins of power in Paris: From Jean Monnet to Jacques Delors, the French have always prided themselves on providing the intellectual leadership for the European […]

A massive sex scandal has just hit the BBC with the publication of a new book accusing two former Doctor Who producers of using their power to take advantage of underage fans throughout the 1980s. The Daily Mail reports: The next year, on the promise of Doctor Who photographs, [the book’s author] Marson visited the studio again. […]

Earlier today, Cyprus reached a deal with the EU and the IMF to get its desperately needed €10 billion bailout package. The outlines of the deal are very broadly similar to the one floated last week and then voted down in Cyprus’ parliament, but with several notable twists: while depositors with less than €100,000 in […]