Charles Krauthammer

It does not have the drama of the Inchon landing or the sweep of the Union comeback in summer 1864. But the turnabout of American fortunes in Iraq over the...

When the Democratic presidential candidates pause from beating Hillary Clinton with a stick, they join in unison to pronounce the Democratic pieties, chief among which is that George Bush has...

Americans don't normally take much notice of Argentine elections. But they did notice when Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected to succeed him, ensuring not...

'The key to turning [Anbar] around was the shift in allegiance by tribal sheiks. But the sheiks turned only after a prolonged offensive by American and Iraqi forces, starting in...

Gaza is now run not by a conventional political party, but by a movement that is revolutionary, Islamist and terrorist. Worse, Hamas is a client of Iran. Gaza now constitutes...

in Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks. In America, election campaigns go on forever. It used to be one...

Beware legislative behemoths. Beware "comprehensive immigration reform." Any bill that is 380 pages long is bound to have nooks and crannies reflecting private deals, quiet paybacks and ad hoc arrangements...

There has hardly been an Arab peace plan in the last 40 years -- including the current Saudi version -- that does not demand a return to the status quo...

Legalizing abortion by judicial fiat (Roe vs. Wade) instead of by democratic means has its price. One is that the issue remains socially unsettled. People take to the streets when...

Former CIA Director George Tenet has a very mixed legacy. On the one hand, he presided over the two biggest intelligence failures of this era -- Sept. 11, 2001, and...