Tea party candidates may lack polish, but some have sharper political instincts than their detractors in the press have been able to understand.

Few institutions of American power have borne greater burdens or faced greater challenges in the post-September 11 world than the United States Army. While the Pentagon leadership has long called for a smaller, lighter Army, the realities of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism have created an unprecedented crisis...

Independence for Kurdistan is not the way to go.

Norman J. Ornstein reviews a recent book on the Jack Abramoff scandal.

Experts examine transatlantic trade, welfare, tax competition, and economic issues in the United States and Europe.