What we can learn from the 20 years between the 9/11 attacks and the January 6 coup attempt.

What we can learn from the 20 years between the 9/11 attacks and the January 6 coup attempt.
One year after the January 6 insurrection, is the United States on the verge of break-up?
A yawning gap looms between the U.S. military’s reputation and its actual performance.
Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad — here are a few astounding things ordinary people won at home and abroad.
Officials are hyping the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic to get yet more funding for military operations.
Donald Trump and his allies around the world are still alive and kicking.
Congress is preparing to hand 65 percent of federal discretionary spending to the war machine, even as they wring their hands over a fraction of that for the Build Back Better Act.
The longer it takes the world to get vaccinated, the more variants we’ll see.
Western observers want to blame India for the failure of the UN climate talks. Not so fast.
A personal reflection on the ‘Big Men’ who’ve meddled in Afghanistan — and the women navigating the aftermath.