American Prisons Don't Work. California Is Trying Something That Might.
What America can learn from prisons in Norway and Sweden.
Norway
Survey: Free Speech Support Is Eroding in America
A new global survey reveals a stark decline in Americans' support for free speech as the Trump administration tightens its grip on expression.
Wealth Taxes Result in Rich People Fleeing, Turns Out
Norway hiked its wealth tax. A bunch of rich people got the hell out.
Government Goons Murder Internet-Famous Walrus
The Norwegian government euthanized Freya the walrus on Sunday, citing safety concerns for the crowds that gathered to watch her sunbathe.
Volunteers in Ukraine Are Stepping Up Where the Government Is Failing
"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."
Military Drafts Loom Over Europe Thanks to Russia
International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government service.
Biden Wants To 'Make America California.' Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.
People Are Getting Dumber: The Flynn Effect Goes Into Reverse
Is it genes, or have we "started building a stupidity-inducing environment"?
Nordic 'Glass Ceiling' Shows How Gender Equity Suffers From Government Overreach
"The rise of the Nordic welfare state has been a double-edged sword" for women's professional progress.
Norwegian Black Metal Artist Elected to Local Office Against His Will
Black metal finds its Cincinnatus.
White House Was Angered by Obama's Peace Prize, Which Still Haunts the Nobel Committee
Some committee members accused of being fawning, starstruck.
Norwegian Mass-Murderer Threatens Hunger Strike to Get Playstation 3
Anders Breivik killed 77 people
Norway: Bitcoin is Not Real Money
But says that the cryptocurrency can be subject of capital gains tax
Norwegian Military Adopting "Meatless Mondays" to Curb Climate Change
Will follow a strict vegetarian diet once a week
Bill Gates Urges Norway To Spend More of its $800 Billion Oil Fund in Africa and Asia
The prime minister supports the proposal
Norway Introduces Legislation to Regulate Circumcision
Connected to non-medical circumcision of boys under 18
Norway Declines Request to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons, Says It Can't Make Deadline
Norway was asked to destroy 50 of 300 existing metric tons of nerve agent
Norway Issues Alerts For Teen Sisters Believed To Be Headed To Syria
Last spotted on the Turkish-Syrian border
Norway's Conservatives Strike Deal To Form Coalition
Aim to govern in a minority with the Progress Party
Norway Conservative Party Gains 18 Seats in Parliament, Will Coalition With Three Other Parties
Have to iron out their differences
Center-Right Coalition Takes Lead in Norwegian Elections
Labor-led current government on the outs
Norwegian Mass Murderer Applies to University of Oslo
Anders Behring Breivik, who was convicted of murdering 77 people, wants to study political science
Giant Mirrors to Help Illuminate Norwegian Town
Goes through five months of darkness in the winter
Norwegian Musician Arrested in France for Plotting Terror Attack
Allegedly a neo-Nazi with ties to Anders Behring Breivik
Norwegian Authorities Forbid Anders Breivik From Attending His Mother's Funeral
Killed 77 people in 2011
Bible Quotes on Toilet Paper Draw Criticism From Norwegian Church Leaders
Metsa Tissue claims the inclusion of the quotes was an accident
Norwegian Politicians Considering the Decriminalization of Smoking Heroin
Seeking to reduce number of overdoses
Norway Mass Murderer Complains About Cold Coffee, Lack of Butter, Moisturizer in Prison
"Inhumane" prison conditions, Anders Breivik writes in a letter
Colombian Government to Meet With FARC Rebels in Oslo
Hoping to put an end to half a century of conflict
