Why Obama’s favorite words are “I” and “me” and “my.”
A Tale of Two Civil Wars
Why Obama’s Syria policy is a failure.
Bringing Life Back to the Party
What a winning platform for the Republican nominee would look like.
Obama’s Three Achilles’ Heels
The issues that will matter most to voters in 2012.
The Brewing Egyptian Hostage Crisis
The world is watching and waiting for President Obama.
Leaving Afghanistan
“Our vital national interest” gets an even earlier expiration date.
Media Swoon Over ‘Techie’ Obama
How necessary is technological know-how to the presidency?
Obama’s State of the Campaign Address
“Unions, environmentalists, teachers, Hispanic immigrants, women, I’m your president.”
Wrong Move
The ill-timed decision to cancel the US-Israel missile-defense drills.
Obama’s War on the American Military
Cutting the Pentagon down to size.
Reagan and the Hormuz Doctrine
Why we need to respond to Iranian provocations like Reagan did.
Next Steps in North Korea
If the Kim Dynasty’s days are numbered, what will the end look like?
Iraq on Its Own
Will the next president have to decide how to rescue the country from itself?
Main Street Greed
Are Washington and Wall Street merely imitating us?
The GOP’s Search for Perfection
How does the 2012 primary field stack up against other years?
Chaos in Pakistan
Was NATO fire a mistake or message?
The Iran Issue Festers
Will Israel pull the trigger?
Penn State’s Trustees Did the Right Thing
The firing of the university president and football coach won’t heal wounds, but it will send a message.
A Pirate’s Life for Somalis
The EU’s answer to piracy only makes the crime more appealing.
No Time to Gut Defense
Why balancing the federal budget on the backs of the Armed Forces could change the world as we know it.
Pakistan: An Enemy Regime
What America should do now over the duplicitous country.
Ron Paul’s Revisionist History
Why the congressman’s view of America’s foreign policy tradition is severely flawed.
Post-9/11 Americana
How the tragic day shaped pop culture — for the better and worse.
The Star Spangled Banner Ban
A small university’s misguided pacifist folly.
What a Basketball Brawl Tells Us about the PRC
Sometimes a little event can be a metaphor for something big.