Come November, it is very unlikely that conservative voters will stay home. So, barring a truly fringe GOP nominee, they will vote against Obama no matter what. Already, the conversation on the right is moving toward the all-important question of "electability."

How should al Qaeda terrorist suspects held in Western detention be brought to justice? In his new book, "Justice and the Enemy" (PublicAffairs, 2012), British author William Shawcross describes how the lessons of the past can direct us in confronting our enemies today.

Is Harry Reid the Democrats' Trent Lott?

In "Pakistan: A Hard Country" author Anatol Lieven brings an infectious enthusiasm to his task of summarizing the working of the world's sixth most populous country. But his view of the country's military is dangerously benign.

War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary. Two books on justice in war implicitly probe this profound choice.

You who wronged a simple man bursting into laughter at the crime and kept a pack of fools around youTo mix good and evil, to blur the line...

The entrepreneur and process methods—two ways of dealing with the problems created by a business segregated into extreme phenotypes.

Afghanistan is bigger than Iraq, more rugged, more impoverished, and vastly more complicated--it has only begun to test our stamina.