When foreign policy cognoscenti run down threats on the global horizon, there is a temptation to cite China, Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela, and perhaps pending trade agreements with partners in Latin America and across the Pacific. Europe was omitted entirely, but its serious economic implications alone should earn the story a front-page spot above the fold.

In early 2009, President-elect Barack Obama promised that shovel-ready jobs would quickly create jobs, but he now admits that there is no such thing as shovel-ready public works.

Jim Webb's amendment for soldiers would be a nightmare to execute.

Colorado Governor Bill Owens discusses reforming the Endangered Species Act to preserve species and protect the rights of landowners.

If the Obama administration succeeds in its plans to cut defense further, that percentage will drop to 3 percent or lower--the lowest total in the whole of the post-World War II era. But first, members of Congress and the American taxpayer want answers from Leon Panetta.

Now it is time for Canada to honor itself as a people--as such honoring occurs too seldom in Canada--and there will never be a better opportunity than in the days beginning five summers from now.

The financial regulation bill winding its way through Congress will provide an implicit government guarantee to the nation's largest financial firms.

Corazon Aquino will not only be remembered as the tough "housewife" who forced a dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, to leave office after his attempt to steal an election, but she also deserves to be remembered as the leader of the first "People Power" revolution.