My first post is up at The Upshot, the new politics and policy site at the New York Times where I’m now a contributor. Here’s how it begins:

Should the United States be devoting so much effort to criticizing the anti-Semitic fliers that appeared last week in Ukraine?
…There are compelling reasons to take anti-Semitism seriously when it appears, and for American officials to speak up forcefully against the oppression of minority groups.
But there’s a risk that the American response in this case could make the problem worse.

Read the whole thing for more.