The pragmatists’ proposals to resolve the Ukraine crisis sell out vital principles and values for short-term gains.

The U.S. shale industry has defied expectations and kept afloat, even with oil under $40 per barrel. This chart helps explain why:

With California’s pension debt now approaching 60 percent of the state’s GDP—and rising—it’s clear that tinkering around the edges won’t be enough.

It’s a big blow to President Rousseff, whose demise mirrors that of Brazil’s economy, the BRICS, and Latin Lefty movements across the continent.

Bombs beat blab, Iranian Supreme Leader says.

Timothy Snyder’s Black Earth fails to convince in its reinterpretation of the Holocaust, and its forecast of the next one.

Beijing’s plan to boost coal exports ought to remind clueless environmentalists that green goals are not a priority for China.

Seven million Americans live in areas of increased risk for seismic activity as a result of drilling, according to a new government survey.

Israel has a history of maneuvering between great powers.

Colleges have felt pressure to reward students more and more lavishly for the same performance as higher education transformed into a “consumer-based culture” starting in the 1980s.