Month: February 2015

But that George understood that leaders had to lead. In the early years of the American Revolution, George Washington faced an invisible killer that he had once battled as a teenager. While the earlier fight had threatened only...

I find it hard to believe that Israelis are seriously discussing how much money Sara Netanyahu “stole” from the government’s coffers by pocketing bottle deposit redemptions. As I understand it, the official...

It never occurred to me that Cuba and Hispaniola are virtually identical. I didn’t know they were only separated by about 50 miles, either: With President Barack Obama easing a five-decade-old embargo on Cuba, no nation in...

Henry Farrell concludes that Jonathan Chait “is a very talented troll of the second magnitude.” In other words, Chait is good at pissing people off and does so quite intentionally. I think he just likes being...

Fred Hiatt’s editorial board at the Washington Post frames the question this way, “How far will Republicans in Congress take their reckless flirtation with undermining government this time?” Of course, in this...