
Dylan Matthews
Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer
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Also, is “my dad just died” a good defense of a bad vote?


Obama delays troop withdrawal in Afghanistan (again); a breakthrough in a 27-year-old terrorist attack; and why tipping might finally be on its way out.


And nearly half of the richest people in the world live in America.


The US puts boots on the ground in Cameroon to fight Boko Haram; either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders won the debate in a landslide; and a harsh winter for European refugees.


A specter is haunting the Democratic party. The specter of socialism.


The definition they get there is … not really applicable.


The first Democratic primary debate; worries of a third intifada in Israel and Palestine; and a constitutional crisis in Vanuatu.


Iran treats journalism as espionage; a bombing at a peace rally in Turkey; and Better Know a Nobel Prize-Winning Economist.


Not all aid works. But some does.


“Christopher” is the show’s only legitimately bad episode. Not just worse than the rest — bad.