* The difference between "immediate" and "gradual" lifting of Iran sanctions is millions of barrels of oil suddenly flooding the market. * The climate has changed: Earth hasn't experienced a below average surface temperature since 1985. * After centuries of decline, the Native Hawaiian population is surging,
* Flamboyant foreign jihadists star for ISIS—but muscle, discipline, and strategy comes from Saddam's old network. * From Garissa to 1962, when Kenya refused to let northeast corner of the country join Somalia. * Iranians joke about the nuclear deal. * Weeks after Gov. Brownback signed education cutback, some Kansas schools
* Half a million children are suffering the psychological damage of growing up in war-torn Ukraine. * Jeb Bush vacillates on Indiana RFRA only two outrage-filled days after he supported it. * Most of our water footprints are spent making the food we consume—one liter of coffee takes 1,120
* Arkansas governor to reject legislation modeled on Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. * See also: Connecticut's women's basketball team is on a collision course with Indiana's RFRA. * McDonald's to raise wages and offer paid vacation to workers at non-franchise restaurants,
* Assessment of mortal threats currently faced by nearly every significant initiative of the Obama Presidency. * Governor, Indiana is in a state of crisis. It is worse than you seem to understand. * Douthat: There's no reason to think we’ve reached a stopping point once the florists and bakers
* Negotiators meet in Switzerland this week to hammer out a framework for an accord over Iran’s nuclear program. * Results expected tomorrow from Nigeria's presidential election, widely lauded as a success. * This year there will be 14 or 15 presidential elections in Africa—two most likely free, eight
* Despite Netanyahu's denials, NSA documents show evidence that Israel spies on the US. * In private, Scott Walker backs what he can't say publicly: path to citizenship for immigrants already in the country. * Chief fanboy of The Wire President Obama interviews show's creator David Simon.
* Genome sequencing data from Icelanders shows that our oldest human ancestor lived about 239,000 years ago. * Humans are the only animal to suffer from schizophrenia, thanks to our big, complex brains. * Returned US soldier Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion. * With US forces gone, Yemen quickly becoming a model of
* Nearly a third of the $1.6 billion Fukushima cleanup budget has been wasted through expensive and ineffective technology. * Obama pushes back Afghanistan troop withdrawal until after 2015. * Congress looks to add a permanent slush fund to the budget for war. * From yesterday's Tournament of Books decision, where
* The Senate's treatment of Loretta Lynch confirms its anti-Obama pathology. * Cities clamoring to host sports franchises siphon off millions of public dollars, but an Obama budget provision would make incentives illegal. * Related: Sports world imagined without jingoism, racism, sexism, or owners. * What Ted Cruz would need to
