He could be, and his exit will make a mess, the scope of which will be the direct result of U.S. policy the past few years. Nevertheless, his fall could prove to be the start of a critical process of rebalancing in the region.

The tangle of regulations hamstringing California’s ability to address its drought is part of a larger crisis of state governance. The reform of California is a major test of the American system.

The implosion of Libya and poverty throughout Africa have induced at least hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in search of a better life. Their untold stories of hardship, exploitation and sometimes death represent the true costs of a catastrophic mess that desperately needs the attention of both Washington and Brussels.

Hillary Clinton has come out in support of President Obama’s community college proposal. The idea hasn’t gotten any better since the President announced it.

Italy’s spending cuts stop short of rationalizing the country’s government. Both the right and the left in advanced countries need a new vision for governance.

Anger over corruption and economic mismanagement have ignited a powerful protest movement in Brazil.

Pope Francis pointedly spoke of the Armenian genocide at a service this weekend. His remarks are an important reminder that Christians around the world—in Africa and the Middle East specifically—are facing a savage and implacable enemy in militant fundamentalist Islam.

What liberal statesmen often miss is that for many of America’s adversaries, it is the American system and American civilization that are the enemies.

150 years ago, our journalists and media magnates had a profound consciousness and respect for our entire dependency on the providence and mercy of God for the many blessings that surrounded us.

“Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.” (Churchill)