Title IX
On Campus Sex Policies, the Shoe Is On the Other Foot

A Trump official believes the Obama administration’s Title IX enforcement regime has railroaded many innocent young men.

Trade Winds
Business Booming Between China and North Korea

Beijing’s trade with Pyongyang is up 10.5% this year.

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Korean War
Reservoir Doggedness

The risky tactics and subzero temperatures of the Chosin Reservoir campaign reappear in Jeff Shaara’s new novel of the Korean War. It is a tale of hubris, racism, and the extremes of human endurance.

The Lonesome Death of Liu Xiaobo
Xi Jinping, New Defender of Liberal Order, Lets Chinese Dissident Die

Liu Xiaobo’s death puts the lie to those who would paint China as a defender of the liberal order.

Showdown in Brazil
Lula Gets Convicted

But he remains popular, and his supporters believe that he is being unfairly punished for sins that all the other politicians commit.

TAI elsewhere
By Attacking Western Civ, the Left Empowers the Alt-Right

Why the liberal reaction to Trump’s speech in Warsaw was so destructive.

Silicon Valley plays hardball
Tech Companies Aren’t Different

America’s biggest internet company has been operating an academic influence campaign to advance is political interests.

Mosul, before and after the minaret’s destruction (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraq
Mosul Mourns Its Minaret, Sort Of

Al-Hadba‘a, the Hunchback Minaret adjoining the al-Nuri Mosque, gave Mosul its famous sobriquet. Destroyed by the Islamic State, the iconic monument is now being remembered for what it never was.

Crude Economics
Significant Oil Discovery off Coast of Mexico

Don’t look now, but the Age of Oil isn’t over quite yet.

The Republic in Peril
Trump Scandal Festers While Country Burns

The election of Donald Trump is a manifestation of our society’s inability to cope with our changing times.

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