The arrest of Arid Uka, an immigrant from Kosovo, for the shooting of two U.S. servicemen reminds of us of a few more truths about the dangerous world we live in. Chief among these: We really are in a “global war,” whatever the White House says. Al Qaeda has sought …

Sixty days ago President Obama submitted a fiscal year 2012 budget to Congress. Today, candidate Barack Obama gave a nice talk about “hope and change” commenting on the passing scene in Washington and bemoaning the overspending and debt and runaway spending that have somehow gotten much worse over the past …

Ten years ago, in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, Americans felt vulnerable. Our fear was magnified by the 24 hour cable news media and our tendency to attach ourselves voyeuristically to the news. Fear is a very powerful emotion, and it led us to personalize the risk, …

In contrast to the immense transformation the Middle East is undergoing, President Obama’s speech Thursday offered only minor modifications to decades-old “solutions” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These ‘solutions’ have been negotiated and repackaged numerous times under even more popular and willful Palestinian and Israeli leaderships. Yet, much-desired peace remains elusive. …

On Sunday, in its magazine section The New York Times today offered what it calls the backstory on its publication of the stolen WikiLeaks documents. It includes the intriguing fact that the White House didn’t try very hard to deter publication, but the report by executive editor Bill Keller mostly …

Today marks the birth of an independent South Sudan. The celebrating had already begun in the South Sudanese region of Northern el Bahr Ghazal, less than 50 miles from Darfur, when I departed on Wednesday. There was little for the new citizens to eat, no running water, or electricity. They …

Politics and the concept of original sin, or massa damnata, are two topics the main stream media rarely discuss side by side, but perhaps they should, considering all the political fallout over Herman Cain’s alleged sexual impropriety, not to mention Newt Gingrich’s past scandals involving two ex-wives. Of course, these …

Hollywood director Oliver Stone – who previously tried to rewrite history with his ultra-left conspiracy work of fiction “JFK” is at it again. But this time he’s not accusing the American government of murdering its own president. Instead, he’s simply trying to stop the “Jewish domination of the media,” so …

In 1978, the legendary Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes lost control of his emotions during a Gator Bowl game against Clemson and slugged the Clemson linebacker who had just made a critical interception that doomed a comeback effort by Ohio State with two minutes to go in the game. …

The end of the year is the right time for Republicans to revisit the lessons learned in 2010 and look forward to 2011. Several months ago, I recommended that Republican Party provide the American electorate with a calling card, a clear statement of what it stands for. The GOP delivered. …