Asia's Game of Thrones
Reports: U.S. Mulls Lifting Arms Embargo on Vietnam

China’s island building has changed the rules of the regional game.

sex and society
The Return of the Porn Wars

Since the 1990s, thanks to the Internet and social liberalism, the anti-porn forces have mostly been sidelined. Or have they?

crime in America
Murder Rate Spiked in 2015

While the overall crime rate remained constant, and the violent crime rate ticked up by only 3.1 percent, the murder rate spiked by 13.2 percent in the 30 largest U.S. cities.

Food Security
China Ready to Grow Its GMOs and Eat Them, Too

Concerns over food security may be convincing Beijing to start embracing GM food crops.

Erdogan and Europe
Erdogan Goes After Geneva

If you give an Erdogan an indictment, he’s going to ask the Swiss to take down a photo…

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Russia and the West
The Hollow Men

Far from formidable, Vladimir Putin and those around him in the Kremlin have made themselves prisoners of the past.

Submarines Down Under
Japan Loses Aussie Submarine Bid to France

Canberra asks Washington to help manage Tokyo’s reaction to rejection.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Venezuela Hunkers Down for 40 Days of Blackouts

Mismanagement and a delayed rainy season have forced Caracas to schedule 40 days of planned power outages.

The Guild-ed Age
The Blue Model’s War on the Young

It turns out yet another pillar of blue model labor economics—onerous occupational licensing rules—hit youth hardest.

Higher Education Watch
The Federal Speech Police Are at It Again

The Office for Civil Rights in Education has apparently reimposed the speech restrictions it abandoned under pressure three years ago.

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