Walgreens is now offering digital visits to doctors in five states. The visits are priced at $49, lower than the typical cost of an in-person doctor’s visit. But obstacles remain to telemedicine’s growth.

Attempting to force the freelance model into the old employment template is bad for everyone. We should be thinking hard about how to help the country transition into the future rather than trying to turn back the clock.

Many Americans developed a view in the first decade of this century that Europe was no longer a priority for our diplomacy. We were very wrong.

Yes, some Russian companies may be skirting some sectoral sanctions while the EU looks the other way. But financial sanctions are biting, and with low energy prices looking to stay in place in the near-to-medium term, Moscow can’t be too pleased with the latest turn of events.

What Dean Acheson and George Ball’s criticisms of the Anglo-American relationship can tell us about it—and what they can’t.

An audit of California’s Medicaid program shows the state keeps poor records of doctors in the program, possibly suggesting a deeper access problem for Medi-Cal enrollees.

China said it will complete its land reclamation works soon, and start fortifying the islands themselves with equipment for, among other things, military purposes. Its neighbors are less than thrilled.

Brigitte Berger, 1928 – 2015

Latest Iran cave renews worries that negotiations have become their own end, and a bad deal is seen as better than no deal at all.

The structure of North Korean society itself perpetuates famine and suffering, though the state plays like the country is just a victim of circumstance.