Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.

Identity politics is the mother's milk of the Democratic Left.

Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market capitalism everywhere from Thatcher's England to Deng's China, where just the partial abolition of socialism lifted more people out of poverty more rapidly than ever in human history.

The Obama foreign policy, in broad strokes, has been a disaster.

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect.