The late New York Times columnist Bill Safire was known for channeling the “Great Mentioner,” the unseen oracle who launched political careers into the stratosphere simply by mentioning a person’s name. Today, a more malevolent oracle is at work in Washington — call him the “Great Whisperer” — seeking to...

Replacing General Stanley McChrystal and others involved with setting American policy on Afghanistan will allow the United States to begin down the road to victory.

Obama's presidency is gravely wounding America and its friends. His response to virtually every significant threat or crisis has either complicated or worsened the problem, or, at best, left it essentially no closer to resolution.

The president and his administration should affirm their support for democracy and civil liberties in Egypt.

Someone is going to decide whether to allocate money for projects, contracts, or programs.

American presence in Iraq will continue to be vital to achieving a just, accountable, representative government, especially as Iranian leaders actively attempt to undermine the democratic political process that has emerged there since 2008.

Too bad McCain and Obama can't run together, saving the rest of us the strange choice between them.

Since World War II, a touchstone of American conservatism has been the defense of freedom, but conservatives, and the party that putatively represents them, need to now decide whether they wish to continue to warrant the public's trust that they are best suited to defending America.