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OP-ED: How the grim Branch Davidian anniversary echoes

WASHINGTON 鈥 The Branch Davidians were founded in 1955, an offshoot of an offshoot of Seventh-day Adventists, with a Texas home named after Mount Carmel, which in Israel overlooks the plain known as Armageddon. Thirty years ago this month, America was collectively nearing the horrific April ...

OP-ED: Trump indictment Is bad law, smart politics

What do you do to win an election when your candidate is universally known and unpopular with a majority of voters? That鈥檚 a question both major parties have had to face in the last few years. Both look like they鈥檙e going to face it for some time longer.One way is to get the other party to ...

What goes around鈥

Last week, the lead-up to Donald Trump鈥檚 New York arraignment may have caused a record for breathless speculation.A squadron of reporters followed Trump鈥檚 motorcade out of Mar-a-Lago as it wound its way to Palm Beach International Airport.Reporters and anchors around the planet engaged in ...

In defense of a rules-based world

Robert Kagan鈥檚 鈥渓esson for all time鈥 is that peace 鈥 as in the absence of war among nations 鈥 is most often squandered when threats to the peace 鈥渁re not obvious and the need to do something is not obvious.鈥漈his, it seems obvious to say, makes keeping the peace extremely ...