The Venezuelan opposition is waiting for a showdown in presidential elections set for Oct. 7, but a corrupt Chavista cadre has already seized the advantage and will seek to hold on to power by any means necessary.

Though Russia wants to know more about how the United States manages to revolutionalize its technology, the charges against eleven people accused of spying for Russia will likely have little impact on future U.S.-Russian relations.

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.

Spying in on the afterlife.

The late Jerusalem mayor had a special relationship with America's most legendary spy.

Our politicians and diplomatsshowundeserved deference to Moscow.

The inspectors general report ignores history and plays politics with the law.

As America now debates methods that will allegedly help defeat radical Islam, it's worth remembering that the West won the Cold War by being, and remaining, a more open society.