Though Iraqis will cheerCPA adminstrator L. Paul Bremer'sdeparture, the transfer of sovereignty will not mark the beginning of the end, but rather the end of the beginning.

Should the U.S. government talk to terrorist groups? Freelance foreign affairs analyst Perry offers a resounding "yes." His argument, however, is based on a specious reading of recent events in Iraq, which he then extrapolates to other violent players in the Middle East.

Michael Rubin reviews Losing the Golden Hour: An Insider's View of Iraq's Reconstruction by James Stephenson.

The instinct of some liberal voices to lay blame for the Arizona shootings on the right, before any facts were known, is unseemly and potentially more divisive that the spirited rhetoric that is their target.

Ayear in Iraq that could have been spent on building civil society, empowering political parties, and transferring credibility has been frittered away.

Meant as a humanitarian program to support the war-weary people of Iraq, The UN Oil-for-Food program came to symbolize not only Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's antipathy to his own people, but also UN administrators' venality and corruption.

A review of L. Paul Bremer's My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope.

Those who believe the Obama administration's policies on terrorism are putting the United States in danger have an obligation to speak out.