Frack Baby Frack
Why Argentina’s So Excited About a Dead Cow

The Vaca Muerta shale play could remake Argentina’s energy landscape. And Argentina’s political class may finally be ready to fully take advantage of it.

Both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice
Abortion: The Great American Exception

More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade, a new report finds that Americans are not only choosing to restrict abortion more tightly, fewer Americans are choosing to have them. American individualism is predicated on a deep respect for human life.

The New Normal
McDonald’s Franchisees Are Feeling the Heat

The pressures buffeting McDonald’s illustrate one of the unpleasant but important truths about our service economy: it’s inherently more volatile than what came before.

Our Brave New World
What the Freedom Act Really Means

Congress’ passage of the contentious surveillance bill is less significant than either side will have you believe. But the issues motivating the debate are incredibly important.

Identity Crisis
Can Big Oil Go Green?

The world’s oil majors aren’t shifting to renewables the way greens would like—and doing so will mean making the world more corporate and capitalist than it currently is.

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Understanding Diversity
Obama, Anti-Semitism and Iran

Are anti-Semites ultimately rational actors who happen to hold despicable views? Or does their prejudice warp their perception of the world so fundamentally that they calculate risks and rewards differently from most Western elites?

Middle East Mess
A Tactical Success, A Strategic Failure

The success of the Syria raid and the collapse in Ramadi paradoxically point to the same grim fact: America’s chosen policies in the Middle East are failing.

The Sunni Coalition
Turkey & Saudi Arabia Form Pact to Take Down Assad

Tired of delays in Washington, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are working together in Syria—with al Qaeda.

Technology Triumphant
A New Kind of American Prosperity

There are apps for almost any service you can imagine now. The new tech will take a while to find its way, but it will create jobs and likely bring the U.S. a new kind of prosperity.

Spoiling for a Fight
Russia Threatens Veto of EU Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Moscow throws a monkey wrench into the EU’s plans to reduce migration across the Mediterranean. It’s part of a recent pattern of “spoiler” behavior by Russia, and it should not be rewarded.

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