Pope John Paul II taught the world, religious and non-religious alike, that a future worthy of man must be rooted in recognition of the incomparable dignity of the human person and a commitment on behalf of the human person.

February and March were bad months for the Western presence in Afghanistan. First the accidental burning of the Quran and then a lone soldier’s massacre of Afghan civilians undercut U.S. efforts to win Afghan hearts and minds.

The Bush administration shouldn't flinch from increasing its covert "propaganda" efforts in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. The history in the last great war of ideas is firmly on its side.

The counterinsurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq are revolutionizing the way the U.S. military wages information warfare. Public affairs officers are now war fighters by another name, responsible for shaping the battlefield by countering enemy propaganda and anticipating public opinion. But even as the struggle for hearts and minds has become...

The United States is home to the world's best political polling and commercial marketing, but we are failing to win hearts and minds, not just in the Middle East but around the world.

I suggest there is much to be encouraged about in the recent evolution of Iraqi views--particularly the views of the rising Shi'ite majority.

The Supreme Court should uphold the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.