Tell me in the comments: did anybody out there actually believe that Donald Trump was telling the truth about this? For months, Donald Trump has claimed that he opposed the Iraq War before the invasion began — as an example of his great judgment on foreign policy issues. But in a 2002 interview with Howard … Continue reading A simple question

Is this a one-off strike or the start of something bigger? CAIRO — American warplanes bombed an Islamic State training camp in Libya early Friday, killing at least 41 people, most likely including a militant commander linked to attacks on Western tourists, in a strike that highlighted the widening gap between American military and diplomatic … Continue reading So it begins?

Somebody finally came forward to claim responsibility for Wednesday's terror attack in Ankara, and it's not exactly who the Turkish government said it was: A Kurdish militant group once linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility on Friday for the bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed 28 people this week, … Continue reading A claim of responsibility for Ankara

Uganda's incumbent president, Yoweri "gay people are disgusting but we probably shouldn't execute them because it would be bad for business" Museveni, is currently awaiting election results that will determine whether or not he'll be allowed to serve a whopping fifth five-year term in office (SPOILER ALERT: he will). I think he's really hit on … Continue reading One way to win an election

While Turkey is insisting that the alleged perpetrator of yesterday's car bombing on a Turkish military convoy in Ankara was a Syrian Kurd affiliated with YPG, Syrian Kurds are denying that they were involved in the attack or that Salih Necar, the alleged bomber, had any ties to their organizations: The head of the PYD … Continue reading Ankara’s aftermath

I'm not a historian of American politics, but I pay a fair bit of attention to what goes on, and I honestly can't think of any primary candidate who's gotten more media traction without winning a single contest, or really having any expectations of winning any in the near future, than Marco Rubio. This is … Continue reading Marco Rubio and the problem of words and their meanings

Pope Francis said something important earlier today: Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border. “A person who thinks only about … Continue reading Pope Francis does something nice

InfoSec is not something I write about very often, mostly because I know where my limits are at any given time, and because it's not something I write about it's unfortunately not something I'm able to follow very closely. But today at Lawfare, Nicholas Weaver does an excellent job of explaining why this Apple dust-up … Continue reading A very bad precedent