When someone throws a drowning man a life preserver, he can’t afford to question his rescuer’s intentions.
Thus, this week President Obama eagerly grabbed a lifeline thr...
Twelve years after misguided religious sycophants of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden murdered nearly 3,000 people, costly ripple effects still can be seen all o...
WASHINGTON — Rarely, if ever, has so much talk preceded a proposed military strike.
Most administrations contemplating military action worry about an exit strategy. The ...
By FRED McKISSACK Jr.
Fifty years ago, a depraved and savage crime rocked the civil rights movement: the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Bu...
The Obama administration — with the backing of key Republicans in Congress — is poised to embark on a strategy that entails punitive airstrikes on Syrian government posi...
In London exile in 1940, Charles de Gaulle decided “it was up to me to take responsibility for France” (“c’etait a Moi d’assumer la France”). No U.S. president should as...
The National Football League, unquestioned behemoth among American pro sports collectives, does nothing without considering the financial effects. And this is not mutual...
WASHINGTON — Waging a little bit of war is like being a little bit pregnant.
History and human experience tell us that neither is possible, yet we seem bent on believing...
As Congress debates whether or not America should launch missile strikes on Syria, one question dwarfs all others: Would we be worse off by not acting than by acting?
Pr...
One month from the start of open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), with parts of the law set to go into effect soon but othe...
