Colin Powell's words on Iran were systematically distorted by Reuters, which unnerved the freedom fighters in Iran and gave a moment of comfort to the tyrants in Tehran.

Powellseems to havesold himself on a false vision of the Middle East, and this false vision will undermine any effort to craft a sensible Middle East strategy.

Diplomacy can never supplant the importance of military victory. Obama may want to bring the troops home, but the diplomacy-first strategy hampers peace. As the history of drinking tea with the Taliban shows, talk is not only cheap; it is deadly.

Justice Clarence Thomas's decisive opinion in McDonald v. Chicago, which held that the Second Amendment limits the power of the states, was principled jurisprudence based clearly on the text of the Constitution.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi had effectively lost control of the House, so she decided to shut it down and let Democrats go home and try to salvage their seats, possibly ending her career as House speaker with abrupt defeat.

There are a lot of Americans who are not willing to vote for Obama for reasons that have nothing to do with race.

As school districts across the country struggle financially, Frederick M. Hess of AEI and Eric Osberg of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute offer new insight into how school leaders can not only survive the current economic storm, but also restructure their schools to save money and improve efficiency.

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