When both the Egyptian military and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi are accusing the United States of betrayal, it’s tempting to think that the Obama administration must be doing something right. But the breadth of the discontent may simply be a reflection of the administration’s inconsistent policy. Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry […]

U.S. ties to Moscow were already fraying, and the Snowden debacle should be the last straw.

In 1996 — the same year the Defense of Marriage Act passed both houses of Congress with veto-proof margins — the Employment Non-Discrimination Act reached the Senate floor and was defeated by a single vote. Reading the tea leaves then, it might have seemed that employment discrimination against gay workers would become illegal long before […]

The candidacies of Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner and Bob Filner prompt unlovely mental images.

A recent attempt to block an appointed judge shows she thinks we’re not paying attention.

The new gambling commission should find a way to treat Maine’s Indians fairly.