While Obama might claim success early on, given the vague mission of protecting civilians, we should not be fooled into thinking that an ongoing civil war represents a victory for American arms.

Thomas Donnelly assesses the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. military efforts in Iraq.

In his remarks this week in Osawatomie, Kan. — the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 1910 “new nationalism” speech — Obama laid out the themes for his reelection campaign. And from where I’m sitting, it looks like the president not only lost his battle against cynicism, he defected to the other side.

Vincent Reinhart testifies on monetary policy and the price of oil.

Reform focused on sustainable lending would have FHA target a projected average claim rate of 5 per 100 insured loans under normal circumstances and 10 per 100 insured loans under stress circumstances.  This rate is about five times the normal default level for prime loans and about half the FHA's traditional default level under normal circumstances.

Operation Iraqi Freedom was but one campaign in what we have come to call "The Long War" in the Greater Middle East.

It is outrageous how quickly so many jumped at the opportunity to politicize this tragic shooting, blaming the tea party and conservative political rhetoric without a shred of evidence to back those claims.

The Republican party is in danger of losing its deserved reputation for being strong on defense. President Obama's "bin Laden bounce" in the polls will fade, but if his 2012 opponent is the nominee of a quasi-isolationist, green-eyeshade GOP, Obama will be able to claim he's the most assertive candidate for commander in chief.