The Global Slowdown Hits the U.S.
America dodged the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, but much has changed. Today’s world economic slide is starting to hurt us. by Ruchir Sharma • Wall…
A recession worse than 2008 is coming
by Michael Pento • CNBC The S&P 500 has begun 2016 with its worst performance ever. This has prompted Wall Street apologists to come out in…
Top 10 Lies in Obama’s State of the Union
by Joel B. Pollak • Breitbart President Barack Obama promised his final State of the Union address would be short. Dana Bash of CNN called it…
Yellen’s Job Puzzle: Why Are 20-Somethings Retiring?
Americans are increasingly foregoing paychecks due to disability, school or retirement by Kasia Klimasinska How come more people are retiring in their early 20s? Why are middle-age men becoming stay-at-home…
The Dangers of Victor’s Justice in Côte d’Ivoire
“The specter of a government pursuing investigations and prosecutions of the former regime while blatantly ignoring—or worse, covering up—its own crimes and misdeeds will very likely deepen mistrust across the…
Fatou Bensouda Fares Poorly in the Conflict Zone
You’re like the surgeon who comes to a patient, the patient dies, and you’re saying, “But it was a great operation! We did a great job!” But the patient died. —…
In New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton throws Benghazi families under the bus
by Jazz Shaw • Hot Air The GOP primary has probably been the best thing to happen to Hillary Clinton in years. There was a period…
Will 2016 Bring the Collapse of China’s Economy?
China’s global dominance, something analysts say is inevitable, will have to wait. by Gordon G. Chang • The National Interest Last Monday, at the conclusion of China’s…
Saudi-Iran crisis a rebuke for US policy
By Dave Clark and Nicolas Revise • Yahoo Washington’s single-minded pursuit of the Iran nuclear deal damaged its alliance with Saudi Arabia, experts say, and fed…
How Liberals Are the New Autocrats
Progressives may preach the joys of localism, but the trend in government is all the other way in everything from climate change to the economic complexion of your neighborhood. by…
How the High Court Could Shake Up the 2016 Campaign
From immigration to abortion to the power of unions, the Supreme Court is entering this election year with a full plate of politically charged cases. by Sam Baker …
The Obama recovery that wasn’t
Families are no longer fooled by ‘hope and change’ happy talk By Stephen Moore • Washington Times The stock market closed down for 2015 reversing one…
3 days to Al Gore’s ’10 years to save the planet’ and ‘point of no return’ planetary emergency deadline
by Anthony Watts • WUWT From the “say your prayers, we’re gonna roast” department. On January 25th, 2006, while at the Sundance film festival, screening “An Inconvenient…
These Are the Top 10 Risks to the World in 2016
From a weakened trans-Atlantic alliance to an increasingly fractious Middle East by Ian Bremmer • Time At the beginning of each year Eurasia Group, the political risk…
Time For The U.S. to Begin Worrying About the ICC?
A couple years back the Pulitzer Prize-winning “fact-checking” site PolitiFact assembled a panel of experts to debunk the claim, laid out in a chain email, that President Barack Obama “wants the…