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The American people as a whole stand behind the Bill of Rights, even if college students don’t. Any mass movement blithely tossing the First Amendment aside is playing with fire.

Amid continuing confusion about whether Washington is committed to confronting Beijing in the South China Sea, count this story for those who say the United States is plenty serious.

As the Yale protesters don’t know, but the Sage of Concord did: there is weakness in numbers, and strength in standing for one’s principles all alone.

Oil inventories just hit record levels as the global crude supply continues to swamp demand. Predictably, prices are down.

Instead of the promised U.S. pushback against Iran after the deal, we’re seeing more acquiescence.

China expects to rely more and more on maritime trade.

The Kurdish assault on the key Iraqi border city of Sinjar appears to have succeeded. Meanwhile, Iraqi forces announced the start of an offensive against Ramadi.

Echoing a line of thinking used after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Jelani Cobb implies that privileged people should not have the freedom to offend the non-privileged.

The Communist Party’s post-Tiananmen survival strategy is exhausted, and its new strategy is likely accelerating the party’s demise.