Disinvited from a prestigious annual event at the University of Pennsylvania, blocked from getting a US visa by lingering questions over his role in massacres, the man who may be the next prime minister of one of the world’s emerging superpowers addressed American supporters by video this weekend.The several hundred viewers who gathered to watch […]

Now that the date for the papal conclave has been set for this Tuesday, the media has been tirelessly publishing story after story about Vatican scandals and political intrigue. We fully expect the media to continue harping on this cassock-and-dager stuff in order to create material for their daily coverage of the Church during the conclave, but it’s important to keep […]

As Japan’s war of words with China continues to escalate, it’s beginning to move closer to another former rival—the Philippines. Last month, Tokyo announced plans to donate 10 brand-new patrol boats to the Philippine Coast Guard. Later in the month, the two countries met to discuss further expanding their maritime cooperation in the contested waters of […]

Italian comedian Beppe Grillo became the world’s least likely political leader this year when his Five Star Movement rode a wave of public discontent with the country’s political class to a strong showing in Italy’s general election. After winning 25 percent of the vote, Grillo will now become a key player in Italian politics as […]

Healthcare without insurance could be the future of medicine, if the innovative work of one Georgia doctor is any indication. Dr. Rob Lamberts is experimenting with a subscription-based primary care practice where patients pay a flat monthly out-of-pocket rate directly to the doctor rather than relying on insurance. So far, it seems to be going very […]

Should New York City be applauded for its high spending on public education? At an average of $20,000-plus per student, many would say yes.But results matter, and New York’s results are truly, shockingly bad. A recent CBS report claims that nearly 80 percent of NYC high school graduates don’t have the basic reading, writing, or math skills […]

Scientists have discovered that bee venom could save Africa. A new study by researchers at Washington University states that toxins in bee venom can be engineered to destroy HIV in the body while leaving healthy cells unharmed. This finding is a significant step towards creating a vaginal gel that would prevent the transmission of HIV. A press […]

On Sunday, WRM and Prof. Roger Berkowitz, from Bard’s Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, will be having a conversation with General Stanley McChrystal at the New York Historical Society.You can buy tickets to the event here, or call (212) 485-9268. Hurry before they sell out!

College administrators have found an interesting new way to strike it rich: quitting their jobs. Upon leaving his role as executive vice president of NYU for a job with Citigroup in 2006, Jacob J. Lew (the current Secretary of the Treasury) took a $685,000 bonus from the university. Harold S. Koplewicz, an executive at the […]

Nineteen-year-old Ghulam Mustafa was executed on remote stretch of a mountain highway outside Gilgit in Pakistan, when 40 heavily armed men, clad in camouflage fatigues, stopped a convoy of buses and ordered all Shiite passengers to identify themselves. Ghulam was Sunni. He said to the men, “Why are you doing this? Why do you want to kill […]