Ralph Peters isn't going to hold his breath waiting for President Obama to get tough with the pirates, despite the rescue of an American ship captain made possible by the marksmanship of some Navy Seals.

In the Punjab local militants, allied with Taliban fighters from Afghanistan and Al Qaeda terrorists, are making life more difficult and chaotic for the government and military of Pakistan.

Bob Shrum says the GOP is in ruins. I agree. But political systems are dynamic. Could the GOP disintegrate, like the Whig Party did in the 1840s and 1850s? If so, would another party rise to take it's place, as the Republican Party replaced the Whigs at that time? I don't think so. The more likely scenario is that President Obama and the Democrats will either go too far in their political agenda, generating a backlash that will propel the Republicans back into power, or the American people will perceive President Obama as a failure (and there are many different ways that perception could come about), causing the same result.

One more step toward the words "Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota".

Could Title IX do for American science and engineering what it has done for male athletics?

Thinking the unthinkable in American foreign policy.

The world of Major League Baseball mourns Harry Kalas and Mark Fydrich.