With hisrecent op-ed,Senator John Kerry lays claim to being the genuinely conservative foreign policy voice in this fall's election.

"They do that because they were born that way."

If you say that about homosexuals, you are tolerant and realistic. If you say it about blacks, you are racist (unless you're black yourself). If you say it about women, you may or may not be sexist, depending on who is manning...

The removal of a top Communist party official doesn’t tell us much.

Linda Basch is certainly correct that the entry of so many women into the labour force has been good for the economy, good for society and good for women themselves (I would add that it has been good for men as well). But she is wrong when she implies that full-time mothers have made an unworthy choice.

Ronald Reagan understood the dynamics of a cold war Russia, and by sticking to his morals became a popular foreign figure to them and guided them into reform.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Medvedev have widely contrasting visions of Russia's future, making it all but inconceivable that Putin would sit out the next presidential race.

In Egypt's revolution, Mubarak's downfall marks not the beginning of the end, but rather the end of the beginning. Decisions made now will reverberate for decades. Speaking on an Arabic satellite channel just days after Mubarak's ouster, Secretary of State Clinton called for "a democratic transition with free and fair elections" while also acknowledging "the end of the road is what matters."

President Obama seems eager for people to know he feels aggrieved. The president has always had the gift of self-pity and blame-shifting. If you hate the job, don't run.