The most encouraging news of the last week — the results of the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey showing a decline in Muslim support for violence against civilians — failed to grab many prominent headlines. But it contributes to evidence that a substantial number of the largely silent majority of Islamic moderates may have [...]

An official U.S. intelligence report about the “return” of al-Qaeda has sparked considerable worry, echoing the concerns of those who had never stopped paying attention to the rebounding terrorist group.
Nearly six years after Sept. 11, it stands to reason that al-Qaeda would have regrouped and drawn strength from events such as the conflict in Iraq. [...]

When supporters of the Iraq war argue that the United States should avoid premature, politically motivated gestures – such as last week’s U.S. House of Representatives vote to pull out by April 2008 – I cannot help responding, “And what was the essence of the original decision to intervene?”
In short, it was premature and politically [...]

As a former resident of London, I personally resent the recent terrorist upheaval there and in other parts of the United Kingdom. Sadly, the alleged perpetrators – largely medical professionals – like others before them, have apparently embraced a narrow, perverted, rampaging interpretation of Islam.
Yet, as absurd as the problem is, it also is very [...]

To some, the demise of a comprehensive immigration-reform measure in the U.S. Senate last week was inevitable. It was too much, too fast, too sticky.
To others – including me – the disappointing, terminating vote represented just another example of the kind of shortsighted behavior in Washington, D.C., that should cause voters to consider non-incumbent candidates [...]