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The Democratic candidates for president are trying to outdo one another with their ambitious proposals to reform the campaign-finance system. Yet without one vital chang...

It has been obvious for days that opponents in Congress would be unable to derail the agreement between Iran and six world powers to rein in the Islamic Republic’s nucle...

It’s been nothing short of astonishing to watch Germany embrace the role of moral leader in Europe — no, make that the world — on the migration crisis that has sent thou...

A few years ago, an acquaintance received a stunning phone call from her daughter’s former college roommate. The conversation went something like this: “I thought you sh...

The European Union has been devoted to eliminating borders, and now finds itself functionally with none amidst its worst refugee crisis since World War II. To paraphras...

“Simplify, simplify,” urged Thoreau. No friend of taxation, he might have been envisioning the modern Internal Revenue Code. At roughly 3.7 million words, it’s getting m...

Two, four, six, eight. Who gets a pass on DeflateGate? Tom Brady. On Thursday, a federal judge spiked the NFL’s four-game suspension against New England Patriots quarter...

WASHINGTON — The questions that now face China are whether it can maintain its own internal stability and contribute to the vitality of the wider global economy. Like ma...

The photo was heartbreaking: A toddler in shorts and a red T-shirt lay face down at the edge of the surf, waves lapping at his head, his body settled into the sand like ...

WASHINGTON — Unless she’s indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination. That kind of sentence is rarely written about a major presidential candidate. But...