Jeff Jacoby looks back on the year the dominoes fell. I remember it all very clearly and, sometimes, I still shake my head that it really happened the way it happened.

Michael Goodwin believes the Islamists, whether Taliban or Al Qaeda, are still the enemy. It pays to remember that, while the Islamists are from different ethnic groups, speak different languages and have different customs, they share the same goals. They wish to establish an Islamic Caliphate in the heart of the Middle East. To do so, they must weaken or destroy the United States and Israel. After the invasion of Iraq, they believed they would weaken us in that country. Having failed to do so, they now believe Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front.

Why do health costs keep going up? I think it is primarily due to two reasons. One, we pay more because we get more, that is, more sophisticated and, therefore, more expensive treatments. Two, each attempted reform makes the system more complex and less like a true market system. Thus, layers of bureaucracy are added, adding to the expense.

The White House attack on Fox News as "not a legitimate news organization" is right out of the Saul Alinsky playbook for radicals. It's also rather Nixonian, if you ask me.