Blue lines and Blue Models
Tribalism and Peak Left

Contra Daniel Patrick Moynihan, many people now believe they are entitled to their own facts.

Europes Money Woes
Italy’s Promised Reforms Hit a Wall

Italy’s problems may not be fixable even by its wunderkind PM.

The Enemy of My Enemy
Iran: In It to Win It in Iraq

Iran’s commitment to Iraq is going to cause problems down the road.

The Greek Tragedy
Beware of Greeks Casting Votes

A Presidential election in Greece heralds trouble for the whole Eurozone.

Bad Old Days
De Blasio’s Christmas Card Trick

Are three card monte dealers targeting New York’s Christmas tourists an aberration, or a sign of things to come?

Laboratories of Democracy
Conservatives Learn From Brownback Missteps

Are Republicans working toward a model for governance?

The Syrian Civil War
US to Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees

The number is a huge increase—but also a drop in the bucket.

Hearts and Minds
The Iraqis We Left Behind

In 2010 we pulled out. Our Iraqi allies did not.

Jordan at Risk
Did ISIS Shoot Down a Plane?

The militant group claims it downed a Jordanian plane, shows pilot alive.

An American Anniversary
The Gift of the Thing Not Done

How the country was indelibly shaped by Washington’s greatest deed.

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