Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.
Women in Texas who changed their name when they got married may have trouble voting.
The good folks at The Guardian wonder, “Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?”
The bad roll out of the Affordable Care Act is starting to lead to calls for delays in enforcement of the law.
Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.
Jofi Joseph was unmasked as the obnoxious @NatSecWonk and fired by the White House.
Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.
Until this weekend, Mario Cuomo had refused to watch The Godfather. He still isn’t being very fair to it.
Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.
My review of Andrew Bacevich’s latest book, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.
My latest for The National Interest, “The Military and the Shutdown: Assessing the Damage,” is out.
Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has endorsed “none of the above” for governor of Virginia.
Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.
Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.
Wendy Lower documents the half-million women who helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust.
Nick Brown spelled bullshit and managed to debunk an entire academic subfield.
Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.
If the Syrian civil war is like other civil wars, it’s not ending any time soon.
This is a good time to remind ourselves that the plural of anecdote is not data.
The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP
The iconic football program built by the legendary Eddie Robinson, is now a sad disgrace.
Two Boy Scout leaders toppled a rock formation at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park that dates to the Jurassic period.
Bum Phillips, former head coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, has died aged 90.
NBA legend Bill Russell was arrested earlier this week for having a loaded .38 in his luggage.