There's reason to fear the heated rhetoric from American and Iranian leaders. But some statements give reason to hope.
A corrupt, divided, hostile Baghdad is not much of a reward for nearly a trillion U.S. tax dollars and 4,400 dead American soldiers.
Washington should applaud the Muslim Brotherhood's initiative to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace.
What America can learn from the Indian and Malaysian versions of affirmative action.
Documents discovered in Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound confirm the resonance of the Palestinian issue among potential supporters of terrorism.
The anti-Soviet mujahideen. Jonas Savimbi. The Nicaraguan Contras. Kony's LRA. America's opinion leaders must be more careful about whose politics they endorse.
It is in the national interest to maintain and implement policies that give due regard to foreign interests and values—and to apologize when we inadvertently fail to do so.
Obama's apology for the burning of Korans in Afghanistan sticks in the throat. But good statesmanship often does.
Whether in Riyadh or Washington, intolerant religiosity merged with political power spells disaster.
