How a forced stand-off between two groups who have equal and opposing claims on the outcome could have been avoided entirely.

We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm.

Churches and charitable institutions provide services that some politicians feel belong to the federal government.

If Romney were more adept and philosophically grounded, he could make the case that he’s the guy to turn around government. You can hear him trying, but he’s not there yet.

President Obama is right to send troops to advise African forces going after the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.

Last week, Manhattan's appellate court gave the New York City Department of Education the go-ahead to release the names and "value-added score" rankings of thousands of the city's teachers. These scores are designed to quantify the direct impact of teachers on student performance.

In pursuing Christian missions, churches should look to their comparative advantages.