Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did not employ the nuclear option or go nuclear, as many headlines and stories suggested. He did not use an unprecedented ploy to challenge the filibuster or in any real way change Senate rules by majority vote. What Reid employed was closer to a firecracker than a nuke.

Kissinger's characterization of the American approach to North Korea encapsulates his pinched view of U.S. strategy.

American successesand failures are rarely as complete as they may seem.

The Speaker of the House at the turn of the twentieth century could not resist imperialism and quietly resigned.

Should interstate trade be restricted?

A new book by Gabriel Schoenfeld thoughtfully outlines the tension between a free press and government secrecy and the importance of preventing the press from revealing real, necessary secrets and endangering national security.

The impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton is producing grotesque versions of constitutional law at a record pace.

An astounding bit of blabber from the president of William and Mary.