Enviro-Mental
Scotland Duped into Banning GMOs

Concerned over its “clean and green” image, Scotland is moving to ban GMOs. That’s yet another mark hoodwinked by Luddite greens.

Campus Kangaroo Courts
‘Yes Means Yes’ May Be Illegal, Judge Rules

A Tennessee state judge found that a university’s affirmative consent standards violate fundamental fairness.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Japan and the Philippines Bond Over China Threat

Tokyo is trying to give surveillance planes to Manila. Since Philippine information on the South China Sea is coming from fishermen right now, that would be a big upgrade.

age of anxiety
Apocalypse Watch

The politics of the 21st century is increasingly driven by messianic longings and apocalyptic fears

European defense
Germany Remembers It Has a Military

Berlin will be spending more than six billion euros to get its fleet of helicopters and planes, plus other military hardware, ready for combat. That’s a step in the right direction.

brave new world
The Politics of a Panic

Richard Beck explains 1980s-era child abuse hysteria as part of a traditionalist backlash, but he sidesteps the role of progressive politics in moral panics, past and present.

Fallout
First Fruit of Iran Deal: Assad Getting a Break?

Recent developments suggest the Butcher of Damascus could be let back in from the cold.

China's Christians
China Steps Up the War on the Cross

In Zhejiang, Chinese government officials are pulling down crosses as Christians protest. Things look bad for China’s religious minorities.

Heads that Blog
Glenn Loury Talks to WRM

Using WRM’s recent essay on Charleston as a jumping off point, they discussed, among other things, the enduring cultural and political significance that the African-American church has had in the course of U.S. history.

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Defeating ISIS
The Unintended Consequences of the U.S.-Turkey Deal

For the U.S., the price for Turkey’s participation in the anti-ISIS coalition may be too high.

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