It didn"t take long for the yackers and scribblers to start pooh-poohing the significance of the elimination of Zarqawi.

Until the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the American view of radical Islam and its many discontents was shaped more by the Middle East than South Asia. The U.S. has long been at odds with the raging Ayatollah in Iran, the murderous truck bomber in Lebanon and the masked Palestinian "freedom...

This might be a last opportunity to formulate a larger strategy for dealing with Iran, and for defining what would really constitute success. The United States is, indeed, in a low-level war with Iran, and no one particularly wants to see it get bigger. On the other hand, wars have a logic of their own.

The comfortable way is to blame Trayvon Martin's death on 'the system,' and 'the system' is a white thing.

The swing states in the 2008 election are going through tough economic times, which benefits the Democratic candidate.

Has Japan finally been mugged by reality? Several policy moves in the past month suggest Tokyo has been rudely awakened to the dangers of an increasingly volatile region and is actually doing something about it.

We are in bad need of intelligence reform, but Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, is too far removed from the agencies that might need changing.

If Bush appears vulnerable on terrorism, Democrats know that he can be brought down to earth, where political battles are fought.