This is simply untrue. I was there and I saw zero evidence of that. We don’t bully, sorry.

A great 4-paragraph summary of a half-decade of US foreign policy myopia in Central Asia. Sympathy for those who will be sweeping up behind the elephants…

The The Wall Street Journal tells part of the story of 1,300 Afghans stranded at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar — people who risked their lives for the U.S. & now live in limbo under our flag. I’ve been there. I’ve met these families. They believed in us — and we owe them better. #AfghanEvac

There is no one who opens the gates of the human spirit like Ilia Malinin youtu.be/Z2Z9C3se3rU?si… via YouTube

THIS is now the Pentagon press corps????

BoomerLennials returns Thursday with Ned Price, Stephen Collinson & Emma Ashford on “America: What (now) In The World”. Find us on Substack, Spotify & Apple. Ned Price Stephen Collinson Emma Ashford boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-ame…

From a Rincon High grad to an Amphi grad, thank you Savannah Guthrie for the great piece on our home town: Tucson, Arizona. Would give anything for an El Charro machaca chimichanga.

.@SFRCDems leader Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is right to argue in the The Wall Street Journal that the bipartisan consensus on competition with Beijing is long overdue for reconstruction: wsj.com/opinion/americ…

How to separate foreign policy lessons worth keeping from Trump policies that are volatile, unpredictable, hostile toward allies & sycophantic towards autocrats? Josh Brener & I host former State Department spokesman Ned Price; CNN’s Stephen Collinson and Stimson’s Emma Ashford

Special event! From Beirut to Virginia with Hisham Melhem If you're in the Philadelphia area next Thursday 11/13, come by Villanova University for this Middle East Institute live podcast recording of Taking the Edge Off the Middle East on campus at 4 PM. Stop by and join the fun.

Some, when they speak, are blowhards, like the guy who calls himself the Secretary of War. And some, like Jim LaPorta are so eloquent that, in the face of all that’s happening around us, they remind you what this country is all about and why the best are called to serve it

I do like what Pete Buttigieg stands for and I also do very much like your post, HOC465. It’s a bridge. Once we all understand that we’re all humans on this earth, we can all cross it. 🙏

Hey, Lis Smith. I bought a small place in Florida last year and had a hell of a time jumping through all the hoops there. I go to the grocery store almost every day and know which generics to buy to save $$. I’ll turn 75 in 9 days. I don’t plan to ever run for a Senate seat,

The shooting was outrageous. The shooter must be held accountable to the full extent of the law. We owe our National Guard and their families full respect and honor as men and women committed to the safety and security of our country. Accompanying this horror will now be an

Brilliant piece, ⁦Adam Serwer 🍝⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…