In some important ways we are safer, but in many others we are not. We have taken significant steps to become safer, but not enough. To be equally honest and realistic looking ahead, we must admit that the United States unquestionably faces a dangerous and uncertain future.

President Barack Obama's inaugural address contained messages for the rest of the world.

Recent advances in Iran’s nuclear weapons program show that events are moving extraordinarily swiftly, as Tehran nears the end of its decades-long quest to possess a lethal WMD capability.

How should the next president handle economic issues?

War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary. Two books on justice in war implicitly probe this profound choice.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich knows how to press the Left's soft spots. Even as he fades from the front of the Republican presidential pack, he deserves credit for attacking the judiciary's seizure of power over some of society's most important issues. Choosing new Supreme Court justices will be one...

An excerpt from the first of the 2006-2007 Bradley Lectures.

In the next month, Obama will set a tone for Washington that will likely endure as long as he does.