We can think of several reasons people might move out of New York—and Illinois, California, and Massachusetts.

Meanwhile, U.S. officials speaking off the record say Putin has accomplished main Syria goals.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s struggles point to the escalating crisis of governability for blue cities across the United States.

The people who get abortions on TV are different from the people who get abortions in real life.

Their ambitions and interests, other than a weaker Washington, are not aligned.

Bargain oil prices have the potential to boost the U.S. economy next year.

Negotiators (and the White House, which pushed the Tokyo and Seoul to put this issue behind them) deserve congratulation. But this story isn’t over.

Now is the time to start thinking about the endgame for ISIS.

It’s too soon to tell if Israel did in fact strike. If it did, it’s a sign of an interesting dynamic playing out.

Agreement on this issue is much harder than it looks, in part because both in Korea and Japan this problem has gotten entangled with many other questions.