Sony Seeks To Scare Press Away From Publishing Information Obtained in Hacking Attack
Sony is warning the press not to publish material leaked by hackers, but it doesn’t have much of a legal leg to stand on.
Obama Favoring Donors In Ambassador Appointments? No More Than Previous Presidents
The Obama Administration took some fire yesterday for recent Ambassadorial Appointments, but the President’s record has been consistent with those of his recent predecessors.
Oil Prices Have Been Falling For Months, And That’s Likely To Have Wide Repercussions
Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.
Candidate For Navajo Nation Presidency Under Fire For Not Speaking Navajo Well Enough
Politics, the law, culture, and a very old language collide.
Compact Discs Still Rule The Japanese Music Business
A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.
Will the GOP Ever Win Another Presidential Election?
It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.
Institutional Design and Governance
A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.
English Is The Most ‘Borrowed From’ Language
More than any other language, English words are being adopted, and transformed, by other languages.
Does The World Really Think Less Of The U.S. Due To Obama’s Foreign Policy?
There’s little evidence for the conservative contention that the President has damaged America’s position in the world.
2022 FIFA World Cup Hit With Bribery Allegations
More problems for the planned 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Reforming Ballot Access Laws
It may be time to rethink the way we make candidates get on the ballot.
Hillary Clinton Wasn’t a Horrible Secretary of State
Yet another autiobiography invites public discussion about her accomplishments.
Is Compromise Possible In The Gun Debate?
The tragedy in Santa Barbara will. inevitably, revive the same old gun debate. But can it ever evolve beyond shouting?
How America Stopped Thinking Strategically
Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.
Social Mobility and Race in Higher Education
The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.
Fixing Income Equality is Easy (Unless You Actually Want to Fix It)
It’s simple: We just have to define the problem and then solve it.
The Tea Party’s Position On The Debt Ceiling Is Fiscally And Politically Irresponsible
Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.
Just 60% Of Americans, 43% Of Republicans, Accept Theory Of Evolution
Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?
The Attack On Pearl Harbor Was Not A Consequence Of “American Weakness”
Thoughts on the precursors to the events of 72 years ago today.
Biden: U.S. Won’t Recognize China’s New Air Defense Zone
The U.S. position on China’s new air defense zone is exceedingly clear. The question is where it goes from here.
US Orders Airliners to Comply with Chinese Notification Demands
Even as it defies China’s illegal territorial claims with military flights, the Obama administration is urging US airlines to comply.
U.S. Challenges China’s Claim Of Expanded Air Defense Zone With B-52 Patrol
China sends a message, and the U.S. responds. What happens next is anyone’s guess.
What’s Wrong with this Picture?
We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries
Pentagon Accused Of Moving Slow On Same-Sex Spouses Based Overseas
For some same-sex couples with a military spouse, living together on base is proving difficult to implement quickly.
No Sex Please, We’re Japanese
The good folks at The Guardian wonder, “Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?”
