Opinion & Commentary

Of course gay marriage should be left to the states. Indeed, all marriage should be left to the states. Search the U.S. Constitution from…

Why should the U.S. be expected to do South Korea’s job?

It would be a mistake for the United States to intervene any further than it already has in Syria.

With an Arab Fall if not Winter dominating the Middle East, the U.S. is under pressure to intervene even more. Unfortunately, reliance on imported oil continues to entangle Washington in the Middle East’s volatile politics. Some analysts advocate more subsidies for alternative energy in response. It would be better to …

As Enrique Peña Nieto takes the reins as Mexico’s president, optimists in the war on drugs argue that the worst is over regarding the violence that has convulsed his country over the past six years and left at least 60,000 dead. The centerpiece of that argument is the improved situation in Ciudad Juárez, directly across the border from El Paso. For several years, …

Recent weeks have seen a striking ebb and flow of tensions between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). To some extent this is not new. A number of quarrels have been simmering for years. Disputes over oil revenues and the extent of the KRG’s authority to conclude economic agreements with foreign corporations have led to repeated political …