One of the most notable features of polling about President Bush has been the intensity of the opposition to him.

Kim Jong Il's search for a successor could turn out to be bigger news than this weekend's missile launch.

If we can combine the persistence, optimism, technological curiosity, and courage of Franklin D.Rooseveltand Ronald Reagan, we will meet the challenges of our generation.

The Bush administration has been given the opportunity to recast its policy toward North Korea, a policy that is no longer beholden to an agreement struck nearly a decade ago, and whose efficacy had been in question for several years now.

The North Korean challenge is complex, but by now all too familiar. Nearly two decades of negotiations have failed to resolve the nuclear problem, and North Korea has been carrying out aggression against the South for much longer than that. It is time for the allies to try something new.

While it is indeed true that no man--or nation--is an island, especially not in a world of highly integrated financial markets, it is important to be clear that the southern European crisis was not inevitable; it sprang mainly from the failure to implement the fiscal discipline required of nations that participate in a single currency area.

The Bush administration’s policiesreflecta deeper strategic culture that has guided the United States from the earliest days of the republic.

The essence of the "North Korean crisis" is in fact the North Korean regime: its outlook, behavior, and intentions.