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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, drive on the western front in Raqqa, Syria, during an offensive by the SDF to retake the city from ISIS militants. (Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
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The framers had one big point. Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Celebrating the True Meaning of Politics on July 4th
It’s time for July 4th, otherwise known as Independence Day. It’s one of my favorite holidays for all the reasons you’d suspect: flags, patriotic songs, and fireworks. But I’m uneasy with the trend towards making the US military might the...Caption:
Sorry, grandpa. Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images
America And The New Travel Ban Rules
President Donald Trump’s administration has issued guidelines through the State Department for who will be exempt from the travel ban from six majority Muslim countries, which the US Supreme Court allowed Monday to partly go into effect. The guidelines are highly...Caption:
Airtight. Photographer: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
The Supreme Court Is the Last Leakproof Institution
With another term of the US Supreme Court behind us, full of decisions both predictable and surprising, perhaps we should take a moment to consider a question very much of the moment: Why doesn’t the court leak? The rest of Washington has reached the point where...Caption:
President Vladimir Putin at a news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Reuters)