The IAEA’s report on an Iranian nuclear bomb was predictable and inevitable.

What Michael Novak's greatest projects have had in common is audacity. In taking them on, he was committing himself to originality, which risked failure, and to unflinching truth-telling, which risked elite derision if he succeeded.

Theologian, sociologist, and political analyst Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was one of the most relevant actors in U.S. civil life.

Israel’s test on Wednesday of a new missile able to reach Iran, and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s forthcoming report that exposes the military dimension to Iran’s nuclear program have renewed speculation that Israel’s patience with Obama’s diplomatic efforts to counter Iran’s nuclear program has run out.

Four hundred years after the battles of Lepanto on October 7, 1571, and Vienna on September 11-12, 1683, these dates still rankle in the jihadist mind. For it was through these battles that the navies and armies of the West threw back almost fatal attacks on their civilization. In 1571,...

No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and BelieversBy Michael NovakDoubleday, August 2008, $23.95

The idea that freedom and Christianity are inherently incompatible is misconceived as during medieval Western Europe, the era in which Christianity expressed its influence on society more than any other, most of the rights and freedoms that constitute civil life today put down their roots.

Bin Laden's murder is not the end of Al Qaeda. And even if Al Qaeda were totally eliminated, the world would still have to deal with Al Qaeda's progenitor. Just how likely is it that Egypt will end up-after the inevitable transition period-being ruled indirectly or directly by the Muslim Brotherhood?