The 1964 political satire movie, Dr. Strangelove had a catchy subtitle: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It was set at a time when we worried about the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union. Nowadays, we can worry about nuclear weapons in lots of scary countries.

On this week's episode, Shane abandons Tamara and me and goes on vacation. His empty chair is filled by Dan Byman, who brings a large Yemeni dagger and a National Counterterrorism Center Calendar, which sparks a discussion of how to categorize terrorist acts that take place within warfare.

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses Russia's unhealthy and misguided obsession with U.S. power and intentions.

Will Israel do the unthinkable to stop the unimaginable? The Obama administration seems peeved that almost everyone in Israel, left and right, has no use for the present Iranian–American deal to thwart Iran’s efforts to get the bomb.