Welcome to Nowhere, USA
What a journey through three states can teach us about the dynamics of "progress" in rural America
On the Newsstand:population
Healthcare
This policy memo addresses the current and projected shortage of primary care health professionals in light of population dynamics and health care reform.
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The Road to 1,144
A look at the delegate count now and going forward shows a clear, protracted path to a Romney nomination.
The Imperfect Liberalism of Better Angels
We have to abandon the sacred cows that Pinker chooses to spare.
You Are What You Eat
At the HPR, we believe that politics, broadly construed, touches and shapes every human endeavor. And, of course, few are more basic than eating.
A Nation Divided
"Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the 'Real' America" by Dante Chinni and James Gimpel
Romney and Gingrich Fight over the Airwaves in Florida
The battle of the Sunshine State will be decided by airtime, and Mitt Romney has an expensive leg up.
The Decline and Death of Violence
Are we living in the most peaceable era of our species’ existence? "Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker
A Pinch of Salt: The case against optimism for North Korea
We shouldn't be too optimistic about the potential for a denuclearized North Korea under Kim Jong Un.
2011: Five Things I Learned This Year
I’ll speak as a humble world editor and share five things that I learned about the world in 2011, ranging from common fallacies about the Arab Spring to the shape of the human evolutionary family tree.
The True Governments of Somalia
Somaliland may be the most stable and smoothest functioning democracy that officially does not exist.
