When a publication such as the New York Times gets Baghdad's October murder rates wrong by up to a factor of 28 to 1 and no correction is issued, the consequences are significant.

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

Any new president will be faced with serious decisions regarding Turkey. Should Turkey remain in NATO? If so, should the United States share its next generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Predators, and AWACS aircraft with Turkey? (INCLUDES VIDEO)

The term "assault weapon" conjures up images of the weapons used by the military, but the weapons in the ban actually function the same as any semiautomatic hunting rifle.

By the numbers, women have largely achieved equality in the U.S. For those who want to continue the fight, there's plenty of work left to do abroad.

The solution to Brazil's high murder rate seemed obvious to the Brazilian government, the media, and the United Nations: Ban guns. But almost two thirds of Brazil's voters rejected the proposal.

Iraqi Kurdistan will always be weaker than Turkey and, to officials in Washington, it will always be less important than Turkey so long as Turkey remains in NATO. Still, the Kurdistan Regional Government can seize diplomatic initiative and perhaps protect its own people and force Turkey to moderate its actions, if only Kurdish leaders would play their hand more skillfully.

If you think a down economy causes crime to rise, think again. The reasons that drive crime rates are unclear.