Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

This was a debate full of surprises, at least for me. The first: CNN’s John King showed some forebearance in not leading off with a question to Rick Santorum on his statements on contraception and other cultural issues.

Denouncing Israel for a "disproportionate use of force" is wrong legally, morally, and strategically.

Banning pesticides may be an over-reaction and can mean the world's poor stay hungry.

President Bush has promised significant amounts of money for HIV/AIDS, some of which will to go to the GFATM. Yet one wonders if they can sustain decent AIDS treatment.

Though DDT has proven to control malaria better than any other intervention, opposition to its use continues to mount.

The governments of the United States and Western Europe collaborated successfully for many decades during the Cold War, but they now often disagree.

There are ways to combat the troubling accountability gap in refugee protection in the developing world.