Pricing Carbon
Cap and Trade Calamity in California

A recent auction of carbon allowances generated just 2 percent of expected revenue.

Lobbying Congress
Russia’s Big Lie

A new Russian documentary about the Magnitsky case takes tried and true propaganda methods to a new level in its attempts to sway the U.S. government.

Higher Education Watch
The Professor Glut

The surplus of PhDs does not reflect well on the academic model of governance.

Underwater Warfare
China’s “Underwater Great Wall”

This isn’t the first we’ve heard of China’s efforts to improve subsurface capabilities.

the rent is too damn high
Backward Thinking in Silicon Valley

Affordable housing activists ignore the root of the problem.

We Have a Russia Problem
The Many Faces of Putinism

What does a prominent Russian filmmaker’s apparent about-face—from Kremlin critic to a willing agent of Putin’s propaganda machine—tell us about the very nature of the Russian regime?

Undiplomatic diplomat
EU Ambassador to Turkey Resigns “For Reasons Having to Do with Turkey”

From un-PC jokes to too-truthful commentary, Amb. Haber had a rough year in Ankara.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Venezuelan Oil Output Plunges

Caracas saw its crude production fall more in May than it has in the past ten years.

Chinese Money on the Run
Chinese Investors Rush for the Exits

Has China’s economy stabilized? According to some official statistics and analyses, maybe. But Chinese citizens continue to send as much money abroad as they can.

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Government
The Greatness of Russia

In all areas of human endeavor, perhaps, save one.

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