The good Jew is ritually observant and resists assimilation, in some sense living apart, never fitting comfortably into American or any other society.

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.

Times change. Cable news and the Internet alone have transformed the way outreach to the American people can be accomplished.

Never fight turf on turf. Fight it on the basis of ideas.

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.