Two upcoming special elections, in Illinois and Delaware, may offer Senate Republicans the power to oppose a lame-duck session and block the controversial measures that Democrats may try to enact with the votes of defeated or retiring politicians.

It ismost likely that bin Laden operated in conjunction with a state--namely Iraq.

Bin Laden may become a modern-day version of a vanished imam, a lost spiritual guide whose hoped-for return will empower the oppressed and vanquish the strong.

The Chinese government has gambled that embracing Iran and Saudi Arabia in lucrative oil and weapons deals will buy it some protection from their export of political Islam.

One speech, even a State of the Union, does not tell us whether words will be translated into deeds or whether intentions will translate into actions.

In all three states at the center of the debate over reining in the public-sector unions-Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio-Republicans have taken control of the governorships and the state legislatures.

The media has been rife with dramatic surmises about the impact of Leo Strauss’s political theorybut journalists have not devoted much time to a study of his corpus.