Despite the horrors of combat and the prospect of continued deployments, rates of indiscipline and deep psychological trauma are low in the military, and reenlistment rates historically high. What explains this seeming paradox?

Should the United States pursue a counterterrorism or counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan?

Despite claims that Republicans are facing a civil war between moderates and the Tea Party, the tea-party gale has swept through the GOP and all that stands between the tea parties and victory in November is the Democrats.

For two years, President Barack Obama has pretended that terrorism is a crime, that prisoners are unwanted, and that Gitmo is unneeded.

William H. Rehnquist went from "Lone Ranger" to chief justice, and saw many of his conservative views triumph at the Supreme Court. But recent rulings went against him.

British authors John Micklethwait and Adrain Wooldridge offer political observations in The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America.

While love and appreciation for wilderness is a good thing, it should not come at the expense of our own habitats.