Manuel Roig-Franzia went too far in accusing Marco Rubio of "embellishing" and questioning his place as a member of the exile community. You don't charge someone of lying without proof. And you don't question the core of someone's identity without a shred of evidence.

The second edition of Beverley Milton-Edwards's textbook on the Middle East, though updated, is as mediocre as the first edition.

A review ofAli A. Allawi's The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace.

What is the future of the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation?

Rubin reviews Scott Taylor's Among the Others: Encounters with the Forgotten Turkmen of Iraq.

Now that Bill Donaldson will be replaced by Rep. Chris Cox, we can hope for something more substantial.

The atypical politics of the 2008 presidential preliminaries will be dominated by new strategies.

The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory saystoxic releases rose 5 percent in 2002as compared with the previous year, but reports of the death of environmental regulation are premature.