Peter Beinart predicts liberal Democrats will eventually see that President Obama deserves much of the blame for the Iraq mess unfolding before us. If so, Obama’s legacy really could end up being more Carteresque than anything else.

Obama’s approval ratings on foreign policy are at their lowest ever. This could mark the second time he has squandered an advantage he came in with.

California will soon provide scholarships for students whose families make six-figure salaries. The higher education bubble just keeps expanding.

Colleges are doubling down on luxurious housing even as student loan debt mounts. Most troubling is that states are using bonds to finance new construction.

Secretary of State Kerry met with Kurdish leaders on Tuesday, while Vice President Biden and Turkish PM Erdogan discussed keeping the autonomous region in Iraq. But the Kurds have newfound oil wealth and hold the only secure segment of a disintegrating country. Will they enter the fray or forge a separate destiny?

Reports of the abduction of 90 more children in Nigeria are emerging, though the government has not confirmed them. The country’s crisis seems to grow worse every day.

Putin asks the Russian parliament to nix his open mandate to send soldiers into Ukraine. But don’t count on this being his last word.

Francis Fukuyama spoke at the recent conference, “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism,” sponsored by TAI, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS. Here is a pre-recorded video of his lecture.

India’s Environment Minister recently asserted his country’s “right to grow,” and noted that “net [emissions] may increase.” The developing world’s growth imperative is a dagger in the heart of the Global Climate Treaty movement.

Despite gestures that have endeared him to progressives, Pope Francis is just as much a “racist homophobe” as his predecessor, warns Salon.