Early in his tenure as director of national intelligence, James Clapper could sometimes be heard complaining “I’m too old for this [expletive]!” He has now served almost six years as America’s top intelligence official, and when I asked him this week how much longer he would be in harness, he consulted his calendar and answered with relief, “265 days!” ...

  Hiroshima stands as an obnoxious reminder of atrocities of a nuclear war. It keeps warning us that such an apocalypse should never be repeated. With Barack Obama’s trip to Hiroshima this month — the first by a sitting US President — hopes are raised the visit would renew push for global nuclear disarmament in light of horror Hiroshima still ...

  Jonathan Bernstein Good for Donald Trump for getting an early start on his presidential transition team. Though Chris Christie may not be ideal for this particular job, it is a vital task, especially since Trump’s challenges will be unusually difficult, should he actually win the election. This is in part because, as Politico reported on Monday before the Christie ...