Election Season
The Left Rises in the Anglosphere

Canada’s ruling Conservative party is trying to retain power over its rising opposition by enacting the country’s longest election cycle since Queen Victoria.

The European Migration Crisis
Europe Under Siege

Thousands of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, as even more try to rush from France to the UK.

Power Politics
Obama Opens Up New Front in the Coal War

The White House is unveiling an updated version of a plan to green our nation’s power plants, and coal stands to be the biggest loser.

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The Art of the Deal
How North Korea Made the Iran Deal Inevitable

And why U.S. diplomacy is leading the way to a world of nuclear proliferation.

Amerimania
The Costs of Accountability

The ballooning demand for misplaced and misunderstood metrics, benchmarks, and performance indicators is costing us big.

Warning Light: Check Engine
China’s Auto Sales Slump: Tip of the Iceberg?

In a system like China’s, in which official government statistics are systemically distorted and unreliable, car sales serve as a good proxy of consumer sentiment and economic activity. And car sales appear to be down.

Failed Project
Ukraine’s Summer of Discontent

Polls in Ukraine show very low support for the country’s leaders. But more troubling than that, the guys with the guns are getting unhappy.

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Drugs and Decentralization
America Goes to Pot

Americans are more in favor of legalizing marijuana than ever before. But just because dismantling drug war policies is the better choice doesn’t mean it’s a great one.

Campus Kangaroo Courts
Congress to Consider Due Process for Accused Students

As the first piece of federal legislation to challenge the politically correct consensus that the only possible response to campus sexual assault is to simply throw due process out the window, the Safe Campus Act of 2015 could change the terms of the debate.

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