Our soldiers in Afghanistan have to deal with enough absurd rules of engagement without having to put up with one that can turn a serious wound into a mortal one. They deserve better — as do our Dustoff crews.

The relationship between Russia and its Muslim subjects is more complex than recent violence suggests.

There is a great deal to remember this week, the one year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Few events in recent history have combined to such an intense degree natural disaster, technological failure, humanitarian relief, and government scrutiny. 

L. Douglas Keeney's "15 Minutes" offers a very different picture of what was going on in those early days of the Cold War.

For more than half a century, that countdown sequence has signaled the start of another daring plunge into the unknown-- what we've come to know as "The Right Stuff."

The Obama administration's budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration deserves strong approval from Republicans.

In the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill, the Obama administration has failed to take charge of coordinating the long-term clean-up and restoration effort.

The recent kidnapping of a handicapped French woman from a Kenyan resort, initially attributed to Somali pirates, was the second such kidnapping in a month. Kenyan authorities now blame al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda. Why should we treat the growing menace of Somali piracy differently from terrorism?