The United States has reportedly offered a plea deal to Majid Khan — a hardened al-Qaeda terrorist and close associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — that could see him released from Guantanamo Bay within a few years.

Giving this killer a reduced sentence is outrageous. Khan is no run-of-the-mill terrorist. He...

The only practical result of the General Assembly declaring "Palestine" a state will be to move its chair on the side of the Assembly hall a few feet from its present location to be next to the Vatican, the only other "observer state." This is nothing to get excited about.

Republican Bob Turner's win in the New York 9th district special election is a big reversal from the 2008 general election. Voters just issued what amounts to an emphatic thumbs down on the policies of the Obama Democrats. This result is a rebuke to Barack Obama, but it is a rebuke as well—a stinging one, perhaps more stinging—to Senator Charles Schumer.

Guantanamo Bay has still not shut down, and recently CIA director Panetta stated that if a top al-Qaeda leader was captured, they would probably be detained there.

The Obama administration is not the first to fail to articulate a post-Cold War strategy for the United States, but the farther this can is kicked down the road the more difficult the challenge becomes. Our ability to secure the Middle East gives us enormous leverage over potential rivals like China, and is equally critical to our Asian allies like Japan and South Korea.

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.

It is in Mahabalipuram that American businesses are finding some of their largest markets. It is also the place where U.S. policy makers may find the greatest opportunities for building the U.S.-India relationship, especially given New Delhi's recent mixed signals about its interest in closer ties with America.

It is no surprise that the Middle East, one of our most intractable problems, provokes so much U.N. activity, even though the real-world consequences are so limited.