John Hudson

Two radically different ways to view the state of innovation in America. More »

U.S. prison planners don't use local third-grade reading scores to predict future inmate populations. But maybe they should. More »

The progressive Democrat who ruled Chicago for 22 years has a simple explanation for America's decline: "The federal government destroyed big cities." More »

The line between U.S. humanitarian and military intervention is blurring as the death toll rises in Syria. More »

The retired U.S. general gives a reluctant endorsement of the lethal U.S. drone program. Prior to receiving a standing ovation before an elite crowd at the Aspen Ideas Festival, retired U.S. General Stanley McChrystal gave a blunt endorsement of the U.S. drone war: "We should be using drones a lot." It seemed like a straightforward affirmation of the Obama administration's use of predator drones, but an interesting thing happened as soon as the words left his… More »

Pressure mounts on JP Morgan's CEO to step down from the New York Fed. More »

It's a nice-sounding goal but it makes little sense in a global economy. More »

Across the world, city planners and architects are re-imagining how public spaces should look. More »

If the U.S. was growing like Texas, we'd be golden. More »

A population boom in the developing world threatens to devour the world's resources. The telenovela can help. More »

Last week, Apple removed sex-tinged applications from its App Store. When all was said and done, thousands of apps were removed and Apple had a blogospheric revolt on its hands. Why did Apple do it? Business reasons mostly. Why was this important? Because an army of tech bloggers said it was. And that gets us to the topic of this blog post. The Great Purge offered an amusing window into the values and priorities of the tech blogging establishment. First lesson:… More »

In war-torn Georgia, one thing is constant: appreciation a cheese bread called khachapuri. SLIDE SHOW  I More »