Blue Model Blowup
Treasury Dept. Plays Tricks with Puerto Rico Debt

Obama administration Treasury officials want to discriminate against holders of Puerto Rico’s general obligation bonds and give retired public employees a better deal.

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The Middle East Unravels
The P-Word

In the Middle East, if you pull on the partition string, there is really no telling where it ends.

The Great Fall
Beijing’s Reality Denial

China is bearish on China: That may be the most important political and economic fact in the world today.

Australia Stepping Up
Australia Takes a Stand in the South China Sea

Australia’s desire to balance its relationship with Beijing and its relationship with the U.S. often makes it more cautious than Washington would like.

counter-liberalism
Heidegger’s Ghosts

Heidegger has powerful adherents in societies as different as Russia and Iran. If liberal democracies are to reckon with his followers, they must wrestle with his thought.

Enviro-Mental
UK Doubles Down on Burning American Wood

Countries across the EU are looking to wood pellets to help meet renewable energy requirements set by Brussels, but that practice’s green merits are murky.

Higher Education Watch
What Would Free College Actually Look Like?

A better way to create a leaner, cheaper option for American students is through market forces, rather than diktat.

South China Sea
U.S. Plans More Freedom of Navigation Operations

They can’t come soon enough.

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Ukraine's Bumpy Road
Of Syria, Dead Donbas Commanders, and Ukraine Fatigue

The latest in medical technology is powerless to cure the creeping Ukraine Fatigue besetting some Western capitals. Only Kyiv can do something about it.

The European Immigration Crisis
Another Domino Falls in Europe

As France considers shuttering “the Jungle” in Calais, Belgium bails out of Schengen.

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