From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. It was an opportunity to salve some festering national wounds. We squandered it completely—and helped give rise to the crises we’re dealing with today.

The former president’s recent Ukraine-or-Iraq invasion gaffe was a high-test dose of accidental honesty—and painful nostalgia.

Four of the five justices who are prepared to overturn Roe were installed by popular vote–losing presidents. Blame the Electoral College.

By virtually every objective measure, Democrats do better. It’s not even close. So why doesn’t America know it?

It’s not that the Taliban are nice fellows. It’s just no longer in their self-interest to harbor Al Qaeda—which is pretty decimated anyway.

Spending money is easy. Raising it is what’s hard. Can the Democrats pass something that will break from 40 years of tax-cut orthodoxy?

The abysmal coverage of the U.S. withdrawal is a sharp reminder of how two decades of failure were foisted on us in the first place.

Our foreign policy wise people responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by embracing belligerence. What, if anything, have they learned?

As the Taliban takes over the country, hawkish pundits and ex-officials in America are still clinging to the long-broken dream of nation-building.

It’s sickening to see the Taliban taking Kabul. But we could stay another 20 years, or 120, and nothing would change. We must learn the lesson of limits.

Republicans get four or eight years to rule; Democrats, only two. But Biden’s making excellent use of his limited time.

It’s tragic to watch the Taliban on the march. But the one unalterable truth we’ve learned is that we can’t create a nation out of gestures and statements.

Biden is convening a Summit for Democracy among friendly nations in December. It will only make China and Russia more hostile.

The decades-long war on government has left struggling Americans to fend for themselves.

The former vice president told the hard truth to the American people. No Democrat has dared do so since.

The Renaissance thinker’s guide to contemporary politics

The United States should follow the examples of other nations that were brave enough to make their despotic leaders face justice.

A consideration of dirty work, the people who dream of doing it, and what it means for everyone else

How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks

If they’re the conscience of the Republican Party, then the post-Trump era will be just as destructive as the past four years were.