Pipeline Politics
Obama Gets Another Reason to Delay Keystone

A Nebraskan court decision is giving President Obama yet another reason to delay his decision on Keystone.

Modi Momentum
Modi Loses Big in New Delhi Elections

New Delhi’s elections saw Modi’s party lose big to an anti-establishment, anti-corruption upstart. Is Modi an elite political insider already?

Crude Economics
Why the Saudis Aren’t Cutting Production

The Saudis are well prepared to ride out today’s oil bear market.

The Francis Era
The Battle over Communion for the Remarried Heats Up

The question of whether remarried Catholics can receive communion is quickly becoming the defining question in the Catholic church, and Bishops are picking sides.

The Ukraine Crisis
The Kremlin Is Winning

How the West uses a collection of “myths” about Russia to deceive itself about its own impotence.

Ukraine Ceasefire
Vlad the Victor

Putin, Poroshenko, Merkel, and Hollande hammered out the terms of a ceasefire last night. Other than a few concessions on largely nominal issues, it’s everything Vladimir Putin wanted.

Greeks Bearing Debts
Syriza: Failing for the Future?

Factions within the new Greek ruling party dream of a socialist future that cannot be attained within the eurozone.

Walker and the WaPo
The Real Start of Campaign Season

A WaPo story struck a glancing blow at best, but such attempts to draw blood mark the real start of a presidential campaign.

Enviro-Mental
Wind Producers Exploit UK Subsidy Loophole

Big wind has found a way to crash the UK’s green subsidy party, and it’s costing consumers a fortune.

Cycles of Debt
America’s Debt Prison Scandal

Over the past 30 years, America’s swelling county jails have seen people kept behind bars for failing to pay to court fees. Reform can’t come soon enough.

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