Congress is losing some of the best legislators, those with an ability and deep desire to work in the legislative process, make laws, build laws, and shape public policy.

The defeats of three members of Congress in their bids for reelection indicates that spending is not popular this year and that Republicans must come forward with a bold plan to roll back government spending.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich knows how to press the Left's soft spots. Even as he fades from the front of the Republican presidential pack, he deserves credit for attacking the judiciary's seizure of power over some of society's most important issues. Choosing new Supreme Court justices will be one...

For all the talk about independents and tea parties, the defining characteristic of this election is the revolt of the white working class, which may determine the outcome of the Senate election in West Virginia.

More than 30 years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran remains a black hole for American analysts. The unknowns regarding Iranian command, control, and capabilities represent an intelligence failure the likes of which make the Central intelligence Agency's 2002 false findings regarding Iraq weapons of mass destruction program look like small potatoes.

War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary. Two books on justice in war implicitly probe this profound choice.

In the 2010 elections, even the Finnish districts that used to be mostly Democratic have swung to the right.

The administration subcontracted the crucial work of detention and interrogation because it did not want to do that work itself under the jurisdiction of American courts. That was a mistake.