Wasted Words
Obama’s Never-Ending Lecture Tour

Obama’s advice to Europe rings hollow in the face of his myriad foreign policy failures.

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What Just Happened?
Democracy for an Age of Distrust

Americans now have an historic opportunity to reimagine government. The key is to abandon the centralized operating philosophy which, in thousand-page rulebooks, purports to tell everybody how to do everything. We need to re-empower human agency at all levels of society.

Trump Incoming
Eliot Cohen: I Changed My Mind

Our own Eliot Cohen says an encounter with Trump’s transition team left him very worried about the direction the incoming administration may take.

Culture Wars
The Death Penalty Stays Alive

Voters in three states delivered a sharp rebuke to anti-death penalty forces in last week’s elections.

"Peak" Oil?
The USGS Just Found 20 Billion Barrels of Oil

It’s “the largest assessment of continuous oil” they’ve ever discovered.

Siloviki Struggle
The Most Senior Official Ever Arrested in Russia

Is the fall of Alexey Ulyukaev, the Minister for Economic Development, the beginning of the end for Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s heir apparent?

China Trade Fight
EU Escalates Duties On Chinese Imports

Donald Trump isn’t the only one taking a protectionist stance toward China.

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What Just Happened?
No, It Wasn’t About Race

The “race” explanation is not only wrong analytically. It is counterproductive and dangerous politically.

easy money
Rate Cuts Accelerated Blue Model Crisis

Low bond yields have crippled pension returns worldwide.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things
The Trouble with Infrastructure

Making America’s infrastructure great again will take more than political will and money.

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