Repent, The End is Nigh

In the New Ledger today, you’ll see the something none of you (or I) would have expected a year ago — me, defending Barack Obama’s North Korea policy against conservative critics.

This might cost me Thanksgiving dinner with the Boltons.

There is, of course, one important exception in my defense, and that exception leads us to a fundamental question about Obama’s policy: what, exactly, is its ultimate goal?