Why is it that we humans long for lasting peace? The answer is simple: We were made for it. This…
It was February of 1945—three months before the end of World War II in Europe. Eighteen-year-old Sergeant Joseph George of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was…
In the weeks and months following September 11, not every American supported retaliation against the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks.…
The prisoner abuse in Iraq is a public-relations and foreign-policy disaster. It undermines, you see, our efforts to win over…
During the Cold War, there was a great clash of civilizations—communism vs. Western liberal democracy. And it threatened to destroy…
Something very strange happened to me this past week. I was seated in my library chair, mulling over current events,…
The Blackhawk helicopter hovered low over a field in the Sunni Triangle. A lone child, about twelve years old, glances up.…
It was one of the most poignant pictures to come out of Iraq: a smiling young woman, holding up a…
Last autumn, following the arrest of a Navy chaplain suspected of spying for al Qaeda, the Pentagon began a review…
The families were glad to have their soldier sons safely home from Iraq—but the soldiers themselves were angry. “We should…
