Benjamin Shull

Contributing writer

Benjamin Shull is an assistant books editor with The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The Week. Follow him on Twitter.

A statue of Roman empire Marcus Aurelius.

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Feature

Inside the Comic-Con for stoic philosophy

Mattis traveled to South Korea to meet with U.S. allies in the region.

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Opinion

Defense Secretary Mattis has been everything Trump skeptics hoped for

A Donald Trump presidency could mean great things for China.

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Opinion

Why Donald Trump would make China great again

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Analysis

Why Donald Trump will doom Republicans' Senate majority

Some colorful language at a Bernie rally.

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Foul Language

Bernie Sanders appreciates supporter who tells billionaire class to 'f--k off'

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When in New England...

Trump on Deflategate: Leave Tom Brady alone

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He said what?

Donald Trump suggests women who violated a theoretical abortion ban could be punished

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White Knight Ryan

Former House Speaker John Boehner endorses Paul Ryan for president

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The war with ISIS

Kurdish forces say they have an American ISIS fighter in custody

Pena Nieto: We are not paying for the Trump wall.

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War over the wall

Mexico's president just compared Donald Trump to Hitler

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Rubio-mentum?

Former Bush backers are rallying around Rubio

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The fight over Scalia's replacement

Obama reportedly regrets filibustering Justice Alito's SCOTUS nomination in 2006

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SCOTUS Wars