The Syria Deal
Barack Obama, Putin’s Patsy

Turning Obama’s hunger for negotiated deals into a ritual theater of serial humiliation is exactly what Putin wants.

willkommenskultur
Merkel’s Mea Culpa

She’s hardly singing from the nativists’ hymn book, but the Chancellor’s latest statements do represent a tactical walk-back on migration.

MSM watch
Trust in Media Is Collapsing

Understanding the intensity of liberal attacks on the press this election season.

Rumble in the Jungle
Congo’s President Blows Past Election Deadline

Now that President Kabila has postponed his retirement plans, the opposition may cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

Pop!
Watchdog Warns of Coming China Banking Crisis

Debt-to-GDP stands at 255 percent. And the troubles don’t end there.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Vietnam Gets Chummy With South Korea

Beijing can’t be too pleased with the trend.

Blue Model Meltdown
Blockbuster NYT Report Exposes Public Pension Charade

The looming fiscal time bomb is far larger than pension funds would like to admit.

The Future of the GOP
An Organized Hypocrisy

Party politics has always involved considerable hypocrisy, but the modern Republican Party has taken it to a new level.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
If You Can’t Feed Em, Jail Em

Maduro turns to jailing ‘food hoarders’.

Development in Africa
Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer

The great humanitarian’s hospital in Gabon may be closing soon. But it’s not the only idea of Albert Schweitzer’s that has seen better days.

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