Essaying Epstein

American master essayist Joseph Epstein adds Gossip to his literary quiver.

The Restoration Doctrine

An American foreign policy doctrine for the nonpolar moment.

Backsliding in Budapest

Hungarian democracy is in retreat; even the U.S. State Department has begun to notice.

This Winter in Warsaw

Poland finds itself on its own more than ever–and liking it.

Sky King

Martin van Creveld's The Age of Airpower flies high, but off-course.

Elvis Lives!

A new five-disc set of the King's recordings begs the question: Was he really all that good?

Retroview: Francis Parkman’s Indian Problem

Reconsidering a great American historian who faced some familiar dilemmas.

Butcher Assad’s Allies: Hezbollah Steps Up, Hamas Steps Out

Syrian President Bashar Assad is finding out who his friends really are. On the friendly side stands, loyally, Hezbollah. In a shocking display of bad timing, Hassan Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah, announced his undying love for Butcher Assad on Ashura, the Shia holiday commemorating the murder of Husayn, the Prophet’s grandson. What better day to […]

Thinking of a Master's Degree? Think Again

An article in Bloomberg collects a number of depressing but all-too familiar stories with one common theme — young people graduating from master’s programs with low-paying jobs and crippling debt. The article reports: More people are losing the same gamble as a 33 percent jump in U.S. graduate school enrollment in the past decade, coupled […]

China Hits It Big With Shale Gas

China is poised to become the world’s largest producer of shale gas, though that might take a few decades. Still, test drilling has confirmed the Chinese are sitting atop the world’s largest reserves of the unconventional natural gas resource. The FT reports: PetroChina, the listed subsidiary of Chinese oil and gas producer CNPC, told the […]

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