Recent attacks by al-Shabab in Uganda and the court hearing of an American charged with trying to join the jihad in Somalia are bad signs that a new transnational terrorist network is taking shape in East Africa, and President Obama has made the problem worse by ordering the killing of the man who could have helped disrupt and destroy the network.

Successful presidential candidates now seem to be those who amass a plethora of small donors through wide-reaching messages.

Efforts by the international community to engage Iran have utterly failed, leaving regime change as the key to solving the problem.

This month, political analysts can look to elections in both Turkey and Japan to see where democracy is heading in two of the world's most importance societies, which may help shape the 21st century.

Thoughts on the O.J. Simpson trial.

Review of Private Matters, by Janna Malamud Smith.

Despite scandals, Clinton's approval rating remains high.