The Little-Understood Connection Between Islamic Terror and Drug Profits
Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology.
With Justice Antonin Scalia’s Death, the Battle for the US Supreme Court Begins
He leaves behind a legacy of intelligent rhetoric and landmark opinions, and the court has lost a larger-than-life personality.
How Greedy Landlords Are Fuelling a Homelessness Crisis
When it comes to homelessness, sleeping rough in a shop doorway is just the start of the problem.
Why There Are No Limits to Your Willpower
The recent research on willpower helps to show that we don't need to and shouldn't give in to self-imposed limits.
Why Congress Should Care About Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican legislators and lobbyists have flooded Capitol Hill this year asking Congress to intervene on the debt-ridden island’s behalf.
Natural Gas Becomes a Fracking Mess
The Porter Ranch disaster may erase the industry’s undeserved reputation as a clean energy source.
Why Norway May Open Up Spectacular Lofoten Archipelago to Oil and Gas Firms
For all the big talk about fighting climate change, the basic truth remains: future production of oil and gas is central to the Norwegian economy, while the EU will still want a secure supply of these fossil fuels—especially gas.
What Scalia Taught Us
Antonin Gregory Scalia has died. For those who never had the opportunity to know him, it is the loss of one of our greatest legal minds.
China’s Circuit Breaker Won’t Brake
In the first week of the New Year, the freshly installed circuit breaker of China’s stock market went into effect four times in 2 days. Pretty efficient and just in time right? Not exactly.
Why Do We Elevate Very Human People to God-Like Status?
Where can we find the heroes and role models that so many of us seem to want in our lives?
High School Heroin Use Starts With Painkillers in 3 out of 4 Cases
Prescription painkillers are a leading cause of the American heroin epidemic, and a key issue in the New Hampshire primaries.
Lincoln’s Leadership Principles for Presidential Candidates
As America commemorates the birth date of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12, his dignity, character, and moral courage deserve imitation from our presidential candidates.
Small Businesses Hold Key to Recession and Recovery
Financial markets are down about 10 percent so far this year, stoking fears that the country might be on the precipice of another recession.
Corruption and Terrorist Violence Pose Obstacles to Peace
When the Swedish government, in late January 2016, decided not to recognize an independent Western Sahara (or rather the Polisario movement), a debate broke out in Sweden that brought out some general issues about the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario movement.
