As Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine has churned on for more than a year, occasional glimmers of the hope of an end have emerged. One such…

Branko Marcetic
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The Biden administration has thankfully lifted the sanctions on Syria to provide for earthquake relief. It’s a good first step. The next:…
Nearly a year in, the war in Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and brought the world to the brink…
When the United States involves itself militarily in a conflict, it often finds it hard to get itself out, let alone avoid…
Pop quiz: Was the kind of thing that took place on January 6, 2021 an attempt to overturn democracy, and should those…
The sky is falling in Washington as the nation looks poised to plunge into an unspeakable crisis. Sure, millions of kids around…