The president humiliates the Mexican president, and makes pointless trouble for the US

The gap between what advocates of restraint want to see in U.S. foreign policy and what Trump is doing is very wide and seems likely to keep getting wider.

More information is making us less informed and stupider

And unemployment metric that explains Trump

Will other self-described advocates of realism and restraint listen to one of their own?

Designating the group as terrorists would be a major error and would undermine counter-terrorism efforts all across the region.

Obama made a number of egregious, unforced errors that mar his record.

All in all, Trump’s Syria policy is shaping up to be dumb, cruel, and dangerous.

François Fillon activates a new Catholic sense among the French

A document released by student government provides a glimpse inside the university’s mindset

Establishing safe zones in Syria would represent a dramatic and unwarranted escalation of U.S. involvement in Syria’s civil war.

In some parts of the world, U.S. “leadership” has clearly caused more harm than it prevented.

A reader explains the unwelcome but strong appeal of white nationalism to him

Democrats will be tempted to pursue a restorationist strategy in 2018 and 2020. They need to do more to win the country back.

The ultra-rich as canaries in the civilizational coal mine

The inaugural address drew on powerful nationalist themes from the campaign. Now it’s all about performance.

But the magazine still supports decision to publish essay advocating left-wing violence

A new book details the assault on due process for those accused of sexual assault.

The U.S. would pay a substantial price from armed conflict with another major power.

Survivalism among the elites demonstrates their unfitness

… and why Trump should keep it.

A new idea could be a turning point, or it could just add to the chaos.

CIA employees are not staging a coup against Donald Trump.

They had sex. Later, he touched her breast. She said stop. He stopped. It was too late

There were some anti-Semites in the original movement. But the movement was not about anti-Semitism.

His inaugural address was a searing indictment of the ruling class.

If Trump follows through on this bluster, the U.S. would be risking a war with a major power.

His new commander-in-chief has repeatedly said he should be executed.

Its boosters must recognize that there are real losses.

The Left summons a demon it will not be able to control

It would be both illegal and profoundly wrong to try “taking” Iraq’s oil.