Looking back, Obama’s strategy doesn’t work as a new paradigm of war
Obama Administration
Obama Moves Away from the Lincoln Halo
Lincoln mania has officially ended in the White House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor: President Obama Should Abandon This Terrible Deal with Iran
What does it say that the UN is calling for a full suspension of Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities while the American president is willing to accept far less?
Gloria Borger: Obama’s “No Drama” Credo Led to the ACA Website Disaster
The president should have established a “zone of immunity” for truth-tellers who could deliver the bad news
Obama May Have Lost Faith in Government
In the ultimate irony, a president who extols the virtues of government has now lost control to the bureaucrats
Game Theorist on Shutdown: “It’s Not Brinkmanship”
Boehner’s ability to end the standoff makes his bargaining power lower, not higher
How the GOP Congress Saved Obama from the Dog House
The former GOP House Majority Leader on why his party hasn’t learned the lessons of the ’95-’96 shutdown
Bob Barr: I Miss Bill Clinton
A veteran of the ’95-’96 government shutdowns writes that President Obama is no Bill Clinton—and the country is the worse for it
The World’s Emerging Democracies Don’t Like Us Either
Suspicions of American intentions in Brazil and elsewhere run deep after revelations about NSA data-gathering in those countries
How Washington Caved to Wall Street
In TIME’s recent cover story “How Wall Street Won,” Rana Foroohar gave an excellent appraisal of the last five years since Lehman collapsed. While her analysis hit at five of the major shortfalls in our “reformed” financial sector, there was even more she could have pointed to: Five years after the crisis, why have we not even begun …
The Confusing State of U.S.-Russia Relations
Behind Putin’s latest move, and our on-again, off-again alliance
On This 9/11, Enough With the Fearmongering
The panic-inducing posturing of American and Syrian leaders has taken on an increasingly farcical tone
Striking Syria Is Completely Illegal
The fundamental rule of international law is that states cannot attack other states, even for humanitarian reasons