ACA Revisionism
Obamacare: What Was the Point, Exactly?

Even after the last-minute surge in enrollment, only 26 percent of new health insurance enrollees say that they were previously uninsured. This falls far short of success.

Climate Chickens
Inventing the Farm Animals of the Future

Genetically modified farm animals may be a key part of feeding future generations in what looks to be a hotter and more hostile world.

Violence in Pakistan
Human Rights Lawyer Murdered in Pakistan

A human rights lawyer working for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was murdered for defending people accused of blasphemy.

Found in Translation
Japanese Nationalists Smuggle Propaganda into Brit’s Book

Japanese nationalists slipped propaganda and revised history into the translation of a British journalist’s book. The elderly writer is flabbergasted at the insertions—but the book is selling fast in Japan.

Payback Time
Russia: Ukraine Must Prepay Its Gas Bill

Gazprom is cracking the whip in Kiev, requiring its delinquent customer to prepay its June gas bill by next Friday. This isn’t just a problem for Ukraine, though: Some 15 percent of Europe’s gas supply could be affected, if Ukraine can’t come up with the funds.

Kim's World
North Korea’s Racist Rant About Obama

The North Korean news agency just directed some unspeakably vile and racist insults at President Obama and South Korean President Park.

Health Care Fail?
Death and Corruption at a Veteran’s Affairs Hospital

The left has always held up the Veterans Affairs hospitals as shining examples of socialized medicine. But new revelations about secret waiting lists at a VA hospital in Phoenix paint a very different picture.

So Much For Democratic Reform
How Free Is Myanmar?

Myanmar’s government prides itself for the strides it has made on press and other freedom indices, but its record, especially when it comes to the treatment of Muslim minorities in the west, remains dismal.

A Green Dream Deferred
EU: Maybe Canada’s Tar Sands Crude Isn’t So Bad After All

The EU may be giving up on its plan to snub Canada’s dirty tar sands crude. A pushy Putin may have something to do with that.

Survey Says
Crimeans Love Russia, and Eastern Ukrainians Worry About The Upcoming Elections

Pew’s latest survey has a lot of good data on Ukraine. Here are two troubling data points that jumped out at us.

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