Vladimir Putin has embarked on Russia’s first military action outside the former Soviet Union, and he must now convince Russian people that his intervention in Syria is necessary and in Russia’s best interests. In his three previous propaganda-driven military ventures—the second Chechen war, Georgia and Crimea/East Ukraine—Putin has gained popularity. The Russian president must be counting on Syria to maintain his current ratings, an all-time high of near 90%.

What will be the condition of the Jewish community 50 years from now?

National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command Director Admiral Michael Rogers spent the day in Pittsburgh on Monday, making stops at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh as well as the National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance. Kiron Skinner, Hoover Institution fellow and director of the Institute for Politics and Strategy at CMU, moderated the conversation. “It was an open, unscripted dialogue about privacy, security (and) civil liberties, all of the issues that have popped up in our national conversation since the Edward Snowden leaks,” she said.

Many people may share Senator Bernie Sanders' complaint that he was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's e-mails. But the controversy is about issues far bigger than e-mails. One issue is the utter disaster created by the Obama administration's foreign policy in Libya, carried out by Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.