Anxious Hours in Pivotland: Where’s My Sailthrough? by Peter Lee for China Matters.
Neither South Korea nor Australia support the U.S.-Japanese opposition to Chinese efforts to claim islands in the South China Sea. The Chinese Navy meanwhile made a point about freedom of the seas by sailing through Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
Trey Gowdy Just Elected Hillary Clinton President by Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone.
Or at least greatly strengthened her bid for the Democratic nomination. The Benghazi hearings made Republicans look like fools and showed Clinton as someone who is a match for them.
Are Canadian progressives showing Americans the way? by Miles Corak for Economics for public policy (via Economist’s View)
America’s Civilian Killings Are No Accident by Peter Van Buren for We Meant Well.
The bombing of the hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, had many precedents.
What Is life? by Matthew Francis for Mosaic. (via Barry Ritholtz)
If humans encountered extraterrestrial life, would we know it when we saw it?
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