Thomas Ricks makes the case that JFK was the worst President of his century but his argument misses the mark.
President Obama’s approval numbers shot up after Osama bin Laden was killed two weeks ago. They’ve already settled back to where they were
Americans are rallying around the President in the wake of the mission against bin Laden, but it’s likely to be short-lived.
I don’t feel the jubilation that came with Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003. Sadly, I know better this time.
An aide’s compliment about the president “leading from behind” has generated controversy.
Defense Secretary Gates hinted this week that the U.S. would stay in Iraq if the Iraqis wanted. It doesn’t seem like they do.
President Obama says he acted in Libya to avert an imminent genocide, but there’s no evidence that any such thing was about to occur.
Intervening to “help” the Libyan revolt is very tempting, but it’s a temptation we ought to resist.
Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.
Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.
It turns out the Iraq War was indeed based, in part at least, on a lie.
Glenn Beck seems to have more in common with End Time preachers than he does with a serious political analyst.
Thirty years after the hostages were freed from captivity in Iran, the United States still hasn’t figured out how to deal with the Islamic Republic.
Moqtada al-Sadr is back in Iraq, and it’s a good thing we’re on our way out.
Ted Koppel thinks our actions since 9/11 have helped Osama bin Laden fulfill his goals. He couldn’t be more wrong.
Fareed Zakaria argues that the fact al Qaeda has not launched a major attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 proves we overreacted to those attacks. I beg to differ.
President Obama didn’t use the words “Mission Accomplished” last night, but the message was the same.
The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.
Saddam Hussein’s closest adviser in the 1990s, Tariq Aziz, is talking to reporters, and he wants American troops to stay in Iraq.