The Obama administration may represent “Peak Left” in American politics. As a result, what we are getting from the left these days is a mix of bewilderment and anger as it realizes that this is as good as it gets.

In today’s televised speech, Vladimir Putin reassured Russians that everything was going to be just fine. It’s hard to know if he believes this or if he’s bluffing, but either way, striking this tone is a huge gamble for him personally.

The Senate’s torture report is a difficult document to parse—especially if you don’t have the proper historical context and knowledge.

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.

A war against Christmas? By implication that is a war against Christians. A sense of proportion is an important component of political sanity, and those propounding this preposterous charge are dangerously lacking it.

Poland’s purchase of an advanced American standoff missile has the potential to shake up the strategic calculus in the east.

Everywhere, the President’s foreign policy has miscarried. Does The Prince have any advice that might yet rescue the situation, and with it the President’s power?

Putin’s path of least resistance is the path of greatest danger for Russia.

IS poses a terrorist threat unlike any Europe has faced before.

What the New Republic and the Washington Redskins have in common.