Upon the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led Friday prayers at Tehran University. His sermon would carry the weight of an American State of the Union address. With time, Khomeini and his successor Ali Khamenei designated a substitute prayer leader from amongst the regime hierarchy.

The failure of pro-democracy forces to mount an effective show of force on the June 12 anniversary of the bloody repression of protests against last year's stolen election shows how well Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has augmented its power throughout the last year.

Ten days after the blatantly rigged presidential election, Iran is descending into darkness.

No matter how sincere Obama has been in his outreach to Iran's leadership, he must recognize that rapprochement is impossible.

Since before the revolution, America has considered itself exceptional.

Revolution Day protests against the Islamic Republic may not be the end of the Islamic Republic's tyranny, but it could be the end of the beginning of the necessary revolution.

President Obama turns to big government in a bid to remake the U.S. economy.

Pope Benedict XVI islikely to take culture as the central issue of the new millennium: What is the culture necessary to preserve free societies from their own internal dangers?