WORLD POLITICS THURSDAY

Contain and Amplify - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
U.S. to China: We Are Here to Stay - Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
To Slow China, America Must Think Fast - J. Hemmings, National Interest
NATO Needs A New Nuclear Strategy - Elbridge Colby, Wall Street Journal
Sepp Blatter and FIFA: Switzerland Shamed Again - L. Favre, Le Temp
The Middle East Needs Empire? Really? - Faisal Al Yafai, The National
In Putin's Russia, Might Is Right - Ivan Sukhov, Moscow Times
Only Israel Will Miss the Blundering Tony Blair - Robert Fisk, Independent
America Is the Best Ref for FIFA - John Gapper, Financial Times
How to End Lebanon's Presidential Deadlock - Ana Maria Luca, NOW
ISIS Wins Even When It Loses - Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
Russia: U.S. FIFA Investigation Is Illegal - Reid Standish, Foreign Policy
FIFA Awakened a U.S. Giant - Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Amnesty: Did Hamas Commit War Crimes? - Charlie Hoyle, Maan
Presidents Can Torch Bad Deals - Edelman, Joseph & Takeyh, Politico
How the Islamic State Could Win - John McLaughlin, Washington Post
Schoolroom Climate Change Indoctrination - Paul Tice, Wall Street Journal
Thanks, U.S., For Taking Down Corrupt FIFA - Piers Morgan, Daily Mail

Editorials

Rand Paul Created ISIS - Wall Street Journal
FIFA's Corruption Stains Soccer - New York Times
A Dream Comes True in Ireland - Boston Globe
Fire FIFA's Boss - Telegraph
IRS Shows We're All at Mercy of Feds' Incompetence - DC Examiner
FIFA's Corruption Stains World Soccer - New York Times
The EPA's Amphibious Attack - Wall Street Journal
Rick Santorum, Culture Warrior - Washington Post

DEFENSE THURSDAY

Russia Hides Dead with Mobile Crematoriums - Rogin, Bloomberg View
Top U.S. Officials Heat Up S. China Sea Rhetoric - Panda, The Diplomat
NATO: Russia is 'Dangerous and Destabilizing' - Daniel Wiser, Free Beacon
SecNav: SEALs Should Open to Women - Meghann Myers, Military Times
Air Force Developing Swarms of Mini-Drones - Kris Osborn, Defense Tech
The Risks of USAF's Market Expansion - Daniel Goure, Lexington Institute
Asia-Pacific Rebalance Could Mean Billions - Jill Aitoro, Wash Biz Journal
DARPA Develops LIDAR-On-a-Chip - Philip E. Ross, IEEE Spectrum
ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 17 Iraqi Troops - Sinan Salaheddin, Yahoo! News
Defense Secretary's Warning to China - Craig Whitlock, Washington Post
China Moves Weapons to South China Sea Islands - Garnaut, The Age
Why China's Submarine Force Still Lags Behind - Gady, The Diplomat
Stopping China in the South China Sea - John Hemmings, National Interest
Turkey to become Defense Industry Power - J. Hogg & C. Sezer, Reuters
The U.S. Needs a New North Korea Policy - Brad Glosserman, CSIS PacNet
What DoD Learned From the Ebola Crisis - Leah Jessen, The Daily Signal
Pentagon Mails Live Anthrax - P.D. Shinkman, U.S. News & World Report

SCIENCE THURSDAY

How I Pulled Off 'Chocolate Weight Loss' Scam - John Bohannon, io9
New Human Ancestor Found Near 'Lucy' - Ewen Callaway, Nature
Humanity's Earliest Known Murder - Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
24,882 Ways to Tie Your Necktie - Charles Choi, Inside Science
Skyscrapers of Future Will Be Made of Wood - Peter Wilson, Conv.
Across U.S., Heavy Downpours on the Rise - Climate Central
Roads Melting in the Indian Heat - Adam Chandler, The Atlantic
Jupiter, Io, and a Cosmic Zamboni - Ethan Siegel, Starts with a Bang!
A New Theory to Explain the Higgs Mass - Natalie Wolchover, Quanta
Do Particles 'Know' They Are Being Observed? - Tim Wogan, PW

MARKETS THURSDAY

Memo to Politicians: Income Tax Cuts Always Work - Steve Forbes, Forbes
The Triumph (& Failure) of John Nash's Game Theory - John Cassidy, TNY
Bernie Sanders's Dark Age Economics - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Intelligent Robots Signal a Looming Jobs Massacre - John Lloyd, Reuters
'Big 4' Bank Lending Is Disturbing - Martin Neil Baily & Sarah Holmes, RCM
Vatican Bank's Clean-Up, and Cover-Up - Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
Why Krugman Is Wrong About Tech's Downside - David Auerbach, Slate
The Double Blade of Ambition In Silicon Valley - Sarah Eisner, Synapse
The Best Gifts for College Graduates - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business
How Literature Has Made Us Fabulously Wealthy - Jerry Bowyer, Forbes
Tanker Market Sends Warning to Oil Bulls - Christie & Lehane, Bloomberg
The Wall Street Truth You're Unlikely to Hear - Thaya Knight, USA Today
The Stock Market's Mania In Two Easy Charts - Jim Quinn, Contra Corner
How 'Sin Stocks' Protect Investors From Volatility - Simon Constable, TSC
Bond Funds Won't Keep Up w/Inflation - John Coumarianos, MarketWatch
Are Geopolitics Enough to Avoid a 'Grexit'? - Vlad Signorelli, Bretton Woods

ENERGY TODAY

Energy Revolution? More Like a Crawl - Vaclav Smil, Politico
We're at the End of the Beginning of the Shale Boom - Mark Mills, Forbes
The Oil Glut is Not Real - Leonard Brecken, OilPrice.com
The Obama EPA Has No Intention of Slowing Down - National Journal
Inside the Real and Relentless War on Coal - Michael Grunwald, Politico
Did Tesla Just Kill Hydro Electric Power? - Russ Finley, Energy Trends
War With China? These Tiny Islands Could Trigger It - Forbes
Schoolroom Climate Change Indoctrination - Paul Tice, Wall St. Journal
Climate Change Denial Is a Threat to National Security - Phil Plait, Slate
Chesapeake's Enormous Refracking Potential - Matt DiLallo, Investopedia
We May Not See Arctic Oil For Decades - Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com
If Nigeria Is a Petrostate, Why Is It Always So Short on Fuel? - FP
Time to End the Foolish Ban on Oil Exports - Merrill Matthews, The Hill
America's Future Has Wind in its Sails - Bobby Magill, Climate Central
A Look at Wind & Solar, Part 1: How Far We've Come - Energy Collective
This May Be the Ultimate Battleground Stock - Alex Rosenberg, CNBC
Illinois: Building Cleanest Energy Market in U.S. - James Conca, Reboot IL

TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

7 Bold Tech Ideas That Will Make You Uncomfortable - Chris Murphy, IW
The 30 Best iPhone Games - Jordan Minor & Jill Duffy, PC Magazine
Microsoft Finally Gets It - Yoni Heisler, Boy Genius Report
Yes, All That Screen Time Is Bad for Your Kid - Daily Beast
How Google & Apple Will Smartify Your Home - M. Elgan, Computerworld
What's Tidal's Future? - Kelli Richards, TechCrunch
Food Technology for All - Nanette Byrnes, MIT Technology Review
How Is the Apple Watch for Runners? - Jen Miller, CIO
6 Media Companies That Came Back From the Dead - Ruth Reader, VB
Apple Stepping Up Fight Against Google Now - Mark Gurman, 9to5 Mac
The Plan to Turn Snapchat Into a Real Business - Bloomberg
What You Need to Know About Smart Cards - Sharon Profis, CNET
Apple Watch: Its Time Will Come - Dave Cheng & Josh Taylor, ZDNet
Online Love is Easier... and More Dangerous - Andrea Peterson, WaPo
Gigaom to Be Resurrected. Can It Survive? - Mathew Ingram, Fortune

Reviews, Tips & How Tos
Android Auto: 8/10 - Dan Seifert, The Verge
The Best Keyboard for the iPad Air 2 - Dieter Bohn, The Verge
How to Securely Erase Hard Drives and SSDs - A. Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet
Overclock Your Graphics Card & Make Your Games Run Faster - PCW
How to Back Up and Restore Your Apple Watch - A. Cunningham, Ars

Research 

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