Decline of Unbiased News
George Will writes in the Washington Post that the decline of newspapers’ ad revenue has led to a big change in news reporting. People now read news in on-line papers…
Private Equity, the Fed, and the Economy
This Economist article details the underlying problems of private equity in the impending downturn. It explains in more detail how the industry is on shaky ground after years of free money and…
Are the States Still United
In his July 3 Washington Post column David Ignatius cites the problems faced by the United States described in a Rand Corporation report by Michael Mazarr. Ignatius says: Mazarr’s disturbing…
The Fed and the Economy
The Federal Reserve has been playing fast and loose with the American financial system since the “great recession” of 2008, buying immense amounts of bonds and keeping interest rates near…
US and Russia in Cyberspace
According to David Ignatius in the Washington Post, the war of words between the US and Russia over cyberspace is heating up. A senior Russian cyber expert said that the…
Nuclear Power Plants in Wars
In an article in the Economist magazine, Ukrainian history professor Serhii Plokhy argues that nuclear power reactors pose an unacceptable risk to soldiers and civilians if they are damaged and release…
Putin and Prolifeation
Foreign policy wonks are concerned that Putin’s war in Ukraine is undermining the nuclear non-proliferation regime, embodied primarily in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty. The Economist magazine and the Bulletin of…
Davos
Fareed Zakaria writes in the Washington Post about the Davos Conference: Ukraine dominated Davos this year, and most people I spoke to were quite unsure how this war would end.…
Southern Baptist Convention Problems
David Brooks writes in the New York Times about the Southern Baptist Convention’s moral meltdown: According to an independently produced report released by the convention this week, those leaders covered…