Internet Age
Go Cyber, Young Folk

There are millions of new jobs out there waiting to be invented.

Selling the Nuke Deal
Will the Drip, Drip, Drip Wear Away the Iran Deal?

France’s National Security Advisor rebuts Obama Admin talking point. The Iran deal is taking water—and 60 days is a long time to be leaking, even if you’re bailing.

socialist paradise
Venezuela Crisis Sucks in Pepsi

As President Nicolas Maduro’s approval ratings remain low in the run-up to Venezuela’s December elections, the leader is invoking two of his favorite excuses for his country’s economic woes: private sector greed and international saboteurs.

Deterrence?
U.S. Hits Russia with More Sanctions

But German businesses are complaining about how they are bearing the brunt of an ultimately very porous regime.

Reviews
The Suck, in So Many Words

War literature clambers over just a few tried and true thematic paths that date all the way back to Homer. But we still like it.

Blue Model Blues
Here Comes Puerto Rico’s Default

The blue model meltdown is bigger and in its way more toxic than anything that happened at Chernobyl. Reporters and voters should be asking candidates what they plan to do about it.

Reviews
Leaving Iraq

Dueling memoirs, one by Chris Hill and the other by Emma Sky, illuminate the Iraqi darkness when read together.

Not So Shiny
Communism Keeps Exceeding Our Expectations

Maoist guerrillas have been using abduction and rape to breed fighters in Peruvian jungle for years. What kind of heroes are these?

Life in the Caliphate
The Islamic State’s Christian and Yizidi Sex Slaves

Women, children, even toddlers—the Islamic State’s goal is to sell them on an open market to men of all means, especially the young jihadis on whom the caliphate depends.

Africa
Too Many Hands in Kenya’s Cookie Jar

The stunning corruption report released by Kenya’s auditor-general isn’t all bad news; in many countries an auditor who actually tried to keep track of government spending would mysteriously end up dead.

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