Policing the Police
Cops and the Cult of Accountability

Our best hope is to hire high-quality professionals who self-monitor and perform complicated tasks out of professional pride.

gender wars
The Sources of Hookup Culture

The transition to a post-industrial economy has generally been kinder to women than men from an economic perspective. However, this female-friendly economic landscape also seems to have contributed to a no-strings-attached sexual landscape that is, on the whole, more suited to male than to female preferences.

Bonfire of the sanities
Russia’s Beer Nativism

Russian nationalists are destroying foreign foodstuffs to express their patriotism, in a move with some uncomfortable historical precedents which demonstrates the growing chasm between Russia and the West.

Manpower
Ukraine’s Recruiting Problem

Ukraine has had to institute six drafts this year alone in order to keep up with the war in the eastern regions, but because of rampant draft dodging it still has less than half the recruits it needs.

Limping to Paris
Poland Ready to Throw Wrench In Climate Talks

The Polish party likeliest to win October elections is coming out against a binding Global Climate Treaty.

Putin's Power Ploys
Vladimir Putin, Grave Robber

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff’s family pushes back against latest Kremlin propaganda initiative.

Public Opinion
Putin Slips in the Polls

The Russian president is still popular, but not as much as he was before falling oil prices and Western sanctions put the squeeze on people’s budgets.

Crude Economics
Desperate Venezuela Calls For Emergency OPEC Meeting

Bargain-basement oil prices have Venezuela on the ropes, but don’t expect the Saudis to cave in and cut production.

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Blue Model Zombies
Fighting the Future

With last Friday’s NLRB ruling, progressives have taken up William F. Buckley’s stance—”athwart history, yelling ‘Stop!’” It won’t work.

The Yemeni Civil War
The Looming Bloodbath in Yemen

As the Saudis enter Sana’a, casualties will likely skyrocket.

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