France 2017
Fillon Won’t Back Down Amid Scandal

Francois Fillon is standing his ground amid a corruption scandal that has sent his poll numbers plummeting.

Pricing Emissions
Is Washington Ready for a Carbon Tax?

Conservatives are once again pitching the idea of a revenue neutral carbon tax.

Tailored Genes
Let Them Eat Quinoa

A newly cracked gene could make the superfood more affordable.

generation Y
Parents Pitching in for Rent: What It Means

What to make of the fact that a significant number of 20-somethings are still financially dependent.

Trouble for Tehran
NYT: Trump’s Iran Policy Is Working

A dispatch from Tehran shows that Trump’s policy of stepping up the heat on Iran is causing problems for the Iranian government.

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Policy Shop
Don’t Retire the National Security Act

Politics and personal misjudgments, not process, bears the largest share of the blame for U.S. national security blunders.

Settled Science
The Debate over Global Warming’s “Pause” Rages On

A new argument has erupted over an old, contentious climate study.

Pension Panic
California’s Pensions Expected to Miss Target Returns

For a state talking about Calexit and boasting about the vibrance of its economy and its non-Trumpian politics, the pensions crisis is a highly inconvenient reality.

Higher Education Watch
The Campus Left Grew More Radical During the Obama Years

Efforts to bar speakers from campus appear to be on the upswing.

Pipeline Politics
Trump Green-Lights Dakota Access Pipeline

Oil could start traveling the controversial project by June.

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