Latest articles by Michael Brendan Dougherty
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How and when will Americans give up on Afghanistan?
opinion This is the war that never ends
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Why Trump will act wisely on North Korea
opinion Don't freak out over North Korea. Everything will be fine.
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How the Middle East is depleting American power
opinion Trump's Syria strike gave America its swagger back? Please.
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America can't save Syria. And it shouldn't try.
opinion Syria has become a horrifying hellscape. That doesn't mean America should go to war.
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Baseball is back! And so are the swaggering big-market teams.
opinion Your guide to the 2017 MLB season
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The winning hypocrisy of Theresa May
The Explainer The British prime minister's double-talk on Brexit is gobsmackingly transparent. It also might just work.
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How to live a fulfilling life on the internet
feature Social networks can be a drug. Here's how to find something more satisfying.
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Were Trump voters motivated by racism or economic anxiety? France offers a clue.
opinion France's unemployed youths are gravitating towards the far-right
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The European Spring is almost upon us
opinion Is a nationalist uprising about to sweep the continent?
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Where was the liberal uproar over Obama's wars in the Middle East?
opinion On the list of enormities inflicted on the Middle East by American policy in the last 20 years, President Trump's visa ban, for all its crudity, would not rate in the top 25
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Why it may be impossible to raise 'free range kids'
feature The decline of the American neighborhood has inhibited our ability to instill self-reliance in our children
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A child abuse scandal is coming for Pope Francis
opinion Following the advice of his clubby group of allies in the curia, the pope may undo reforms instituted by his predecessors to handle the cases of abuser priests
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4 history books that changed my view of the world in 2016
opinion Even the greatest world powers can be brought down in just a few years
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Poland is not descending into tyranny. It's just defying the EU.
opinion Don't believe everything you read in the Western press
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Angela Merkel is destroying Europe
opinion Her grand invitation has taken the migration crisis from bad to worse
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Why the Karlov assassination might not change much
The Explainer This indicates more about Turkey's domestic situation than its relationship with Russia
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How Obama made Syria's civil war much, much worse
opinion Reflections on the fall of Aleppo, the West's culpability, and the ease of our collective guilt
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The cookbook as spiritual autobiography
The Explainer What new cookbooks by Alton Brown and Anthony Bourdain are really about
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The 2016 World Series is already perfect
The Explainer The Cubs-Indians World Series could not come at a better time
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How journalism got exploited by hackers
The Explainer When will the media wise up to the dangers of reporting on leaked emails?
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Why the EU overplayed its hand against Apple
opinion The European Union just picked a fight with Dublin, Washington DC, and Silicon Valley all at once
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The tricky politics of the burkini backlash
opinion And what it says about the West's excesses of secularism
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Does the commissioner of baseball understand baseball?
The Explainer On Rob Manfred 's self-defeating plan to save the game
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A-Rod deserved better
The Explainer A farewell to the best baseball player of his generation
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