A new systemic idea about the social order would have to emerge to really disprove Fukuyama.

It isn’t easy to attract 2,000 people to a conference on women’s rights. But Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, carried it off. On March 8, she filled an auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York City with mostly high-powered professional women and kept them enthralled for three days.

Conjuring fear of Nazism and anti-Semitism, Jews recoil from the thought that Judaism might be a race, but medical geneticist Harry Ostrer insists the 'biological basis of Jewishness' cannot be ignored.    In his new book, “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People,” Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist...

Who you compare yourself with says a lot about who you want to be. A common talking point from the Left regarding the generosity of Social Security benefits isn't entirely honest, but more important, it's indicative of the broader views of American liberals.

Walter Russell Mead’s column in the Wall Street Journal last week praises America’s bipartisan policy in Asia, claiming that it may be as influential as NATO or the Marshall Plan. I’m a bit less optimistic than Mead on the depth of strength our policy has. It’s not a Potemkin village, but I think it falls short of the informally cohesive structure he sees.

The political career of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd, which spanned more than 57 years in Congress, had its ups and downs but his determination to hard work and respect for tradition embodies the American spirit.

Israel is the only Western democracy whose existence and legitimacy are still being questioned independently of its actions, but defending Israel means defending the values that made and sustain Western civilization.

If we continue to choose international law over national interests, more lives will continue to be lost and dictators will stay in power much longer.