Andrew Leber

Comment: Tuesday's midterm election results saw the Democrats retake the House, which takes any legislation from President Trump without bipartisan support off the table.

Book Club: Courtney Freer's timely offering provides important new insights into political Islam in the Gulf, and the region's current schism, writes Andrew Leber.

Who needs the New York Times anyway?

Comment: Even more now rides on the Midterm elections in November, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: Kennedy's departure renders many advances won through the courts vulnerable to reversal, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: The stalemate continues after a year of blockade and barbs, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: The United States inflicted terrible damage on another people for no clear reason and no clear gain, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: Rex Tillerson's departure leaves Secretary of Defense James Mattis as the lone, relative voice of restraint on US policy in the Middle East, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: Rex Tillerson's departure leaves Secretary of Defense James Mattis as the lone, relative voice of restraint on US policy in the Middle East, writes Andrew Leber.

Comment: The appalling racism of Trump and his enablers means this has become a contest over what we want our country to be, writes Andrew Leber.