As China grows less predictable and the United States less willing to shoulder its responsibilities, familiar patterns of bilateral relations must change.

Facebook’s IPO will be good news for a whole host of reasons. In particular, users should be happy that the company will become a much more public-facing entity.

As one of the most polarizing figures in modern American politics, Newt Gingrich has racked up a huge inventory of pungent criticism of both his ideas and his character — much of it from his fellow conservatives. But before becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill was often dismissed in similar terms.

The recent kidnapping of a handicapped French woman from a Kenyan resort, initially attributed to Somali pirates, was the second such kidnapping in a month. Kenyan authorities now blame al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda. Why should we treat the growing menace of Somali piracy differently from terrorism?

President Barack Obama doesn't resemble Lincoln, Roosevelt, or even Carter. Rather, Obama is reminiscent of Chauncey Gardiner from the movie "Being There".

Many analysts see the shadow of Iran's Islamic revolution in the Egyptian chaos. One parallel is certain: Should Mubarak flee, it will be the end of the beginning rather than the beginning of the end.

Employees who are good at their work ought to be rewarded, recognized, and have the chance to step up into new opportunities and responsibilities.