What is a “special relationship” anyway? Daniel Larison cuts to the chase. Along the same lines, Noah Millman exchanged dependents for allies and partners, Michael Desch marked the GOP’s lost advantage in foreign policy, and Dan McCarthy reassessed Obama’s “old Republican” foreign policy. Robert P. Murphy recognized the social benefits of successful entrepreneurs, Scott Galupo lauded Wilhelm Roepke for conceding the limits of capitalism, and Jordan Bloom investigated the science behind pop music.