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Asia's Game of Thrones
Taiwan Voted—the US Should Listen

The U.S. should back Taiwanese voters’ clear call to remain separate from China.

Money and Democracy
The Return of Postal Banking

How to restore a measure of equality to our class-tiered financial system.

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A Golden Age of Opera
Go See “The Pearl Fishers” in HD Near You This Saturday

The Met in HD program will broadcast rarely seen opera to 2,000 theaters.

North Korea Fallout
South Korea and China Discuss the Norks

North Korea is a major roadblock for warmer relations between Beijing and Seoul.

Chicago Blues
POST WITHDRAWN: How the Blue Model Drives Jobs Away

Put off by Chicago’s blue model failures, GE decides to locate its new headquarters in Boston instead.

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The Western Alliance
We Still Need NATO

Strong U.S. leadership is needed to reinvigorate this essential alliance.

Higher Education Watch
A “Poverty Preference” in College Admissions?

In addition to opening access to elite schools, we need to create more paths to success that bypass those schools entirely.

The West and Islamism
Testing the “War of Ideas”

Why adjuring Western society to revive liberalism as part of the “war of ideas” may be a futile endeavor.

Cheap Heat
Shale Is Making It Cheapter to Heat Homes This Winter

Americans are saving on heating bills this winter. Shale deserves plenty of credit.

Religion in America
US Episcopalians Get Yellow Card from World Anglican Body

We are probably seeing the latest stage in the unfolding saga of the Reformation in the English-speaking world.

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