Hugo Chavez is not long for governing, but he can dangerously retard democratic progress in Latin America.

New data indicate that traditional values played an enormously important role in determining the survival of Titanic passengers.

New reports says the man known as "The Lockerbie Bomber" is on his death bed, once again. The following is from an interview with former U.N. ambassador John Bolton and Fox News Channel anchor Martha MacCallum on August 29 on "America's Newsroom."

Our soldiers in Afghanistan have to deal with enough absurd rules of engagement without having to put up with one that can turn a serious wound into a mortal one. They deserve better — as do our Dustoff crews.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control in the United States has taken explicit steps in the direction of sanctions and freezing assets of shipping companies that give in to pirate demands but the Contact Group must encourage other countries to do the same.

Somali pirates have evolved from a small group of bandits into a sophisticated global organization with hijackers, investors, guards, professional negotiators and money laundering agents working in tandem. This efficiency has made it very difficult to counter the threat of piracy but targeting financers and negotiators is part of a more proactive strategy being adopted by the United States.

For more than half a century, that countdown sequence has signaled the start of another daring plunge into the unknown-- what we've come to know as "The Right Stuff."

After more than a decade of provocation and international dithering, we must stamp out the Somali pirate havens once and for all.