Netanyahu’s justification for renewed war is a deception, also, because it is his culminating move in a political struggle that will determine whether Israel remains an open society.

If this conversation had taken place in the White House, I have absolutely no doubt that it would have been classified.

The Pentagon’s decision to scrap its social science research portfolio … is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security.

He’s probably going to be locked around a 50% approval rating for a while.