The image of the day might become an image for the ages, particularly if something historic comes from the moment. It occurred at the Vatican this weekend, with Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky both in Rome for the funeral…

“Zelensky’s decision to expose the cream of his army to occupy a piece of vacant wasteland in the world’s largest country, to supposedly strengthen his bargaining power with Putin, could backfire. Russia can now threaten to annihilate his crack troops…

There was a disaster at the White House on Friday. The public spat that resulted in Donald Trump accusing the Ukrainian president of being “disrespectful” and “unwilling to pursue a negotiated peace” has further deepened the negative perceptions of the…

Not to get faux-erudite; Tocqueville was required reading when I was in school, and a blessed requirement that was. I returned to the famous concluding peroration after reading about the negotiations the president views as the necessary end to the…