Jobs of the Future
WaPo Reporter Moves to Cow Town, Keeps Job

Telework is on the rise in America and around the world, and it is even coming into reach for new professions that were once seen as exclusively hands-on. That’s a good thing.

The U.S. Immigration Crisis
Poll: 61% Think Immigration Jeopardizes United States

This isn’t going away on its own—or any time soon.

The European Migrant Crisis
A Continent Divided Against Itself

EU-Turkey refugee summit reveals deep splits—but important progress in one place.

Shake Rattle and Oil
Oklahoma to Oil and Gas Industry: Quakes Aren’t OK

Worried about the recent rise in micro-earthquakes, Oklahoma slapped its oil and gas industries with a heavy new regulation.

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Middle East Aflame
Meanwhile, in Syria…

What’s been happening in Syria since the “cessation of hostilities” began to take effect about ten days ago? Both less and more than meets the eye of the casual observer.

Higher Education Watch
College Costs Even More Than You Think

A reform agenda focusing on transparency, accountability, and competition is the best bet for starting to bring costs under control.

US and Europe
Globalization and Political Instability

How the transformation of the world economy shook up Western politics.

South China Sea Standoff
U.S. Applies Pressure In South China Sea, But Beijing Digs In

Who will blink first?

Blue Paradise
De Blasio’s Debt to Wall Street

The inconsistency and hypocrisy at the heart of De Blasio-style progressivism is that it relies on the wealth of Wall Street to finance its big government ambitions.

The Green Paradox
Shale Twists the Knife in Coal

Nearly five percent of America’s coal-fired power capacity was lost last year as shale continues to squeeze out the sooty energy source.

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