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Usually, elephants and hippos stay out of each other's way.

Shields and Brooks on the politics of impeachment

Shields and Brooks on Syria, Snowden and Surveillance

Shields and Brooks on Sununu and the Giants

Biden’s and Trump’s electoral weaknesses and strengths

During the first Republican presidential candidate debate Governor Ron DeSantis said he would use U.S. military special forces inside of Mexico to help stem the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl into the United States. While this kind of rhetoric — the idea of using the U.S. military in a sovereign foreign nation to combat illicit drug production and distribution — might seem shocking, it’s not entirely new for a political candidate or even a sitting president to say something along these lines, but rather goes back decades. To get some context we sit down with Dr. Rick Coughlin, he’s an Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida Gulf Coast University who focuses on Mexican politics and culture.

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson play 19th-century seamen stationed at a remote lighthouse in Maine. Shot in black and white, it's an exquisitely old-fashioned study of souls in isolation.

Shields and Brooks on campaign finance and what we learned in the Democratic debate

Shields and Brooks on Paris terrorism and tolerance, GOP takeover in Congress

Shields and Brooks on McDonnell and money, Clinton campaign