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Washington asks, “Who lost Ramadi?” by Juan Cole But Washington never had Ramadi.

What Syrian Chemical Weapons Reveal about Obama by Daniel Pipes The famed "red line" warning that Barack Obama issued in August 2013 to Bashar al-Assad of Syria was arguably the defining foreign policy moment of his presidency: an unequivocal warning to a rogue leader to desist from war crimes or pay the price.

We’re all populists now by David Greenberg Candidates of the left, right and center have something in common: They all want to be seen as populists.

Why are we so polarized and when did this start? An interview with William Galston. by William Galston This interview stems from “Polarization in a Historical Perspective,” filmed at the Miller Center in 2014.

America Needs a Commander-in-Chief, Not a Historian by Noah Rothman Bush’s stumbles over whether his brother’s signature achievement in office was justified have sparked a deluge of retrospection and self-criticism from the 2016 field of GOP candidates.

Slaves of history by Jori Lewis If you descend from slaves in Senegal, your shame is an open secret and your life limited by stigma and disrespect

15 stunning photos that show how Paris has changed since World War II by Rick Noack Seventy years ago this month, the Allied forces defeated the Nazis. How have things changed since then?

The Secret History of American Religion by Daniel Silliman Christian Fundamentalism Started As a Capitalist Ad Campaign

The other racial divide in policing by Jonathan Zimmerman Throughout history, departments have discriminated against African-American cops

Against generations by Rebecca Onion Generational thinking is seductive and confirms preconceived prejudices, but it’s a bogus way to understand the world.