The Obama Administration is a work in progress, and a fair-minded report card would feature far more incompletes than letter grades. Still, one may venture some interim judgments.On the positive side, the President has put in place a competent White House and Executive Branch, which seem to be functioning reasonably smoothly and with no more […]

A conversation with Brent Scowcroft.

The Administration has made a good beginning in recasting Western Hemisphere affairs.

Barack Obama is a symbol—a truly inspiring example of what a half-African, half-American man can achieve in the United States. He is also a gifted orator, if a little over-reliant on the teleprompter. Into the bargain, he is a streetwise Chicago politician who outsmarted Hillary Clinton in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Above […]

A letter from an expat describes a beautiful, baffling country.

Pakistan has lots of problems, but jihadi violence isn’t the biggest one.

The history of patent law shows its great and enduring power.

Our recent health care debate has failed to tackle the real challenges.

A veteran Peace Corps hand volunteers to help, again.

Hans Morgenthau years ago warned a generation of American idealists against imagining that at some point “the final curtain would fall and the game of power politics would no longer be played.” Yet such hopes are hard to quash for children of the Enlightenment, who believe fervently in human progress and perfectibility. Similar hopes ran […]