The GOP is moderating on policy questions, even as it grows more dangerous on core questions of democracy and the rule of law.
In three distinct and different places, a similar sense of loss—of liberal values, of hope—is overwhelming.
The relationship between the two leaders is on ice, which means it's the perfect time for the U.S. to stop buying helicopters from the same Russian arms dealer that supplies Assad.
Cartoonist Ted Rall didn't mean to offend with his ape-like depiction of Barack Obama, but he did ignore cartoons' history of spreading harmful, stereotypical images of black people.