These are today's best ideas
1. The White House needs a ‘war czar’ to make sense of the fight against ISIS.
By Richard Fontaine and Vance Serchuk in Defense One
2. There’s a simple solution for taming large forest fires. So why don’t we do it?
By Brad Plumer in Vox
3. Make grade school better by making it less boring.
By Liz Sablich at the Brookings Institution
4. We’re destroying the next generation of doctors.
By Rhoda Feldman and Ralph S. Greco in Time
5. Tap water needs an overhaul.
By Brahma Chellaney in Project Syndicate
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