Remembering novelist Nathanael West, whose California dreams came true. Until he crashed into the car of a man whose didn’t.

Countries like Germany and France have been fighting for decades to slow the decline of manufacturing jobs, without doing nearly enough to prepare for a new, post-mass-manufacturing economy.

It’s time to shake up higher education rather than doubling down on something that seems to be working less and less well.

The U.S. has had some success in reducing cigarette use, alcohol consumption, and even fuel consumption by increasing taxes on the consumable. Let’s try it with guns.

Many South Koreans are not thrilled with the deal their politicians made with Japan.

WRM has a review out in the WSJ of Peter Bergen’s new book “United States of Jihad.”

The Clintons have built the first “postmodern political machine,” an elaborate, well-funded apparatus, unprecedented in its sophistication and global reach.

President Obama wants to tax U.S. oil firms $10 for every barrel of oil they produce. The timing should tell you something about how serious a strategy it is.

Will Australia have to amend its “neutral” position in the South China Sea?

New data shows that minimum wage hikes have taken a substantial toll on hiring in some of America’s major metropolitan areas.