We all deserve blame for the S&P downgrade. This is a national foul-up of historic proportions, and no party or constituency can completely avoid culpability.

Iraqis will go to the polls tomorrow for the third time this year. Their actions mark both a triumph for the Iraqi people and a warning for Arab autocrats.

China's declaration of an anti-secession law is a timely if unwelcome reminder of Bejing's determination to retake Taiwan.