We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.

Obama, like Carter, is reacting to warning signs by seeking to split the difference between dispirited Democrats and increasingly radicalized Republicans.

History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse.

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience.

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.

As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.