Game of Thrones
Eyeing China, Modi Reaches Out to Taiwan

Modi seems intent on putting a more muscular India in the middle of the Game of Thrones in East Asia. He’s already deepening Delhi’s relationship with China’s rivals: Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and others.

A United Front?
On Russian Warships Deal, No Solidarity from France

France is moving ahead with selling two major warships to the Russian navy, despite pleas from NATO allies. The deal exemplifies the biggest impediment to U.S. efforts to stop Putin: the lack of European solidarity.

The Guild-ed Age
The Government’s Here to Protect You from Your Florist

Licensing requirements have exploded in the past forty years, as professional guilds seek higher salaries at everyone else’s expense We need to make it easier for young people to enter professions.

Feminism and the Gay Rights Movement
From Counter-Culture to Cultural Orthodoxy

It is very doubtful whether there are any “laws of history”. However, there are certain recurring sequences of events that make one suspect that similar circumstances are likely to have similar consequences. One such sequence is that movements of liberation result in repressive regimes.

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Crisis in Ukraine
Obama Blinks

The President’s recent remarks at West Point show that he doesn’t understand the rules of the game he’s playing with Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

Tin Ears
White House Spin Doctors Flub Bergdahl Release

The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years of captivity by the Taliban might seem like a straightforward win for the Obama Administration. But the story is more complicated, and a flat-footed White House is now feeling the blowback.

One Small Step for a Modem
Google to Provide Satellite Internet for World

Google plans to spend $1 to $3 billion on a fleet of low-orbiting satellites that will provide internet to remote areas and third world countries. Is this the future of communications?

Prices Prices Prices
Hospital Prices Skyrocket Past Inflation

Skyrocketing hospital prices highlight the source of American health care dysfunction: every year care gets more and more expensive.

Economic Upturn?
A Rosier Outlook for Blue-Collar Jobs

Blue-collar wages are increasing slowly but surely. Some industries, including construction and trucking, are even struggling to fill positions.

BJP's Priorities
India’s New Government Takes Aim at Muslim Migrants

Following through on campaign promises to be tough on immigration issues, BJP politicians threatened to “remove” so-called “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants” from northeast India. Anti-immigrant sentiment has led to brutal violent before in the region. It could happen again.

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