Thin Blue Wall
Cop Assassinations Underline Why Americans Give Police Leeway

The Ramos-Liu shooting should remind America’s elite of a truth many others already know.

Hangings At Dawn
Jordan Revokes Ban, Executes 11

The return of the death penalty may have as much to do with Jordan’s wider political problems as with its crime rates.

Reading the Cuban Tobacco Leaves
Venezuela is a Goner

When you’ve lost the Castros, your government might be a bit too socialist.

The Evolution of Erdogan
Turkey’s Paranoid Politics

A nation that shows signs of a promising future, Turkey has a problem with conspiracy theories.

The Evolution of Erdogan
Erdogan Finds His Trotsky

Turkey issues an arrest warrant for a preacher at the heart of AKP’s conspiracy theorizing.

The Evolution of Erdogan
Erdogan’s Past to Stay Past

The 2013 corruption scandal featuring Turkey’s AKP party reaches an inglorious conclusion.

Kim Jong-Un
Americans Should Be Safe To Go To the Movies

North Korea’s ability to effectively disrupt American moviegoing is an outrageous failure of national security.

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Cuba Libre
A Watershed Moment in U.S.-Cuba Relations

Obama, the Castros, and the Republican Congress were all necessary for what looks to be a very big deal on U.S.-Cuba relations. And this is all just the beginning of a long and complicated process.

Man of the People
De Blasio Delays JetBlue Flight

Hizzoner wants to fly with the common man, but like the elite.

The UK and EUtopia
Is the UK Getting Smart on EU Negotiations?

Brinksmanship may be giving way to targeted reforms.

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