When an exchange with the democratically elected leader of an ally devolves into a shouting match-one so humiliating that it becomes cause for Kremlin celebration-it is not a triumph for the US. It is a reckless abandonment of the dignity and strategic finesse that once defined American diplomacy.

I don’t know where the drones are from, but I think we can all be positive they’re not from higher life forms. If they were, they would observe someplace other than New Jersey.

One of the few things the NCAA hasn’t screwed up, allowing both teams to wear home jerseys.