Whither Seoul?
No More President Park

With President Park removed in South Korea, could the next administration change course on North Korea?

Enviro-Mental
EPA Head Denies Basic Climate Science Facts

Scott Pruitt denies link between carbon dioxide and climate change.

Balkan Instability
Balkan Order Looking Shaky

As anti-EU anger grows, both Russia and Turkey are making inroads in the Balkans.

Samuel J. Abrams
Higher Education Watch
Mind the Professors

How the lack of ideological diversity on college campuses slows progress and threatens the ideals of liberal education.

machine politics
How the Blue Model Stays in Place

Hardly anyone is turning out to vote in America’s big city mayoral elections.

MSM watch
Nate Silver: The Liberal Media Really Is A Problem

Nate Silver explains how media bias makes news coverage and analysis dumber.

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Purim
Looking for Wisdom in a Deranged Palace

The story of Purim begins with a debauched, bloody-minded despot and ends with a triumph of solidarity. A tale of Persia in the time of the Second Temple, it resonates today.

Crude Economics
Oil Prices Stumble as American Shale Rebounds

It’s a bad time to be a petrostate.

Growing Pains
Solar Hits Its NIMBY Wall

The small but fast growing US solar industry is running into increasing local opposition.

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Science and Politics
A Hard Future for a Soft Science

Behavioral economics, the science behind governmental “nudging” and studies disparaging conservatives, has run aground. It’s time to reform the field for the benefit of scientists and citizens alike.

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