This spate of ambush killings -- a single incident in a year is relatively rare -- raises fundamental questions about what it means to be a police officer today. Including: Would you apply?
Shaming Wall Street won't work. Only political muscle and courage will. Congress and the Obama administration should give homeowners the right to go to a bankruptcy judge and have their mortgages modified.
Given the blood, swear, tears, and, crucially, the purpose of the killing, a war is deemed worth it -- or not. Final verdict of a war's worthiness is rendered in the hearts of the people.
What the president says about Afghanistan next week will be as important as what he actually does. Can he articulate a mission that is clear enough so that the American people will understand why our troops are there?
As our soldiers watch the "thanks to the troops" videos during the football games today, they will be thinking one thing: "How many more Thanksgivings am I going to have to watch these videos from over here?"
The President should get out in front of the State Dinner security breach instantly and announce a top-to-bottom White House security review, concentrating specifically on Secret Service procedures.
Providence Bishop Tobin's barring Patrick Kennedy from receiving communion is an assault on the separation of church and state now enshrined in the First Amendment and the Kennedy legacy itself.
Matthew Hoh embodies the bravery America needs in Afghanistan policy-making. Implored by Amb. Eikenberry to stay, he chose to forgo a prized career in order to speak out. We too know that agony.
The screaming injustice that is about to be perpetrated on Scottish computer hacker Gary McKinnon has taken another step toward the cruel and unusual.
Two wannabe reality television nobodies wandered into President Obama's shindig, and now the media is inexplicably pursuing the story with bloodthirsty gusto.
The popular narrative -- that Tim Geithner needlessly favored the interests of banks over those of taxpayers -- does not withstand close scrutiny.
If Iran announced a complete halt of its uranium enrichment program and ordered an immediate dismantling of its nuclear facilities ... we would still not cut the Islamic Republic any slack.
On this day I am truly grateful for all of my many blessings. Yet while I am so grateful, I can't help but be reminded of those who are not so lucky, especially this year.
The Obama administration is beginning to up the ante, at least declaratively, in the signals it is sending in response to Netanyahu's stubbornness on settlements, and in setting the table for the next phase of its peace efforts.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi are probably the most ridiculous personalities to dominate political news since Joe the Plumber or Sarah Palin.
The Alaska State Trooper at the center of Sarah Palin's so-called "Troopergate Scandal" has broken his more than year-long silence since his embattled divorce with Palin's sister.
I'm not a fan of psychoanalyzing politicians, but Lieberman is a special case. He appears to be motivated in part by pure self-regard, uncontaminated even by loyalty to constituents, interest groups or (of course) party.
Of all things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving -- I'm thankful that challenging the government's course and trying to put better ideas on the table are unabashedly patriotic again.
Syria must join with other Arab nations in the effort to isolate Iran. For too long, it has served as a destabilizing force in the region.
