The recent gathering of Catholic bishops to discuss the Church’s teachings on marriage, sexuality, and the family opened up new fault lines in the Church—and perhaps brought an end to this Pope’s era of good feelings.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon declares that Scotland should have the power to veto any UK exit from the European Union.

Russia’s latest provocations may be beginning to backfire.

The University of Pennsylvania, will offer a course in the spring of 2015 called “Wasting Time on the Internet.” It is exactly what it sounds like.

Egypt is clearing out a half-kilometer buffer zone along its border with Gaza following an attack on Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai. The buffer will also be to Israel’s benefit—another sign that Egypt and Israel’s interests are now in unusually close alignment.

Thanks to the Ukraine crisis and subsequent Western sanctions, China has gained a better bargaining position in its dealings with Russia.

Former defense insiders spill their grievances about the security team’s insularity and incompetence to Politico’s Michael Hirsch.

The finance minister of Ukraine announced that Kiev doesn’t expect to receive the next tranche of IMF funds within this year. Ukraine’s gas problems are only getting more acute.

California’s superintendent of schools race has gone white hot. At stake: one of the appeals of the controversial Vergara decision, plus the standing of teachers’ unions in CA and nationwide.

The insults are just words, but the underlying thought could have wide-ranging consequences.