Alone among US President George W. Bush’s senior advisers, Colin Powell did not push for the costly, ill-advised Iraq War, and it would be misreading history to hold him responsible for it. He remain…

The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…

As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited. 

The connection between the rise of social media and the decline of American politics and society seems obvious. But what if what everybody knows is wrong? 

The truth is that his tenure as secretary of state was often rocky, and as full of setbacks as acclaim.

On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …