Expecting Syria to live up to an agreement between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the cataloging, inspection, removal and eventual destruction or sequester of chemical weapons is a subtle seduction. Why would a dictator like Bashar al-Assad relinquish his most potent weapon in …

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus kicked off a firestorm this summer when he announced that GOP debates in the 2016 presidential year would not happen on CNN and NBC if the networks aired programs focusing on the life and times of presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Not surprisingly, …

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – While American cable TV news engaged in saturation coverage of the closing arguments and verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, the BBC and Sky News carried an inspiring speech by Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head last October by the Taliban …

During National Small Business Week, politicians and bureaucrats give a lot of lip service to small business. But you might wonder what the small-business community itself might say if they themselves had the podium this week. Here’s what I think they would say: I’m a risk taker – but my …

In the IRS scandal and others, Washington and the media are obsessed with the question: What did the president know and when did he know it? That misses the point—Mr. Obama’s presidency is much more damaging to the nation than the mistakes of subordinates now coming to light. Most recently, …

According to a relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Chechen immigrant believed there is “oppression of the Muslim population around the world.” The relative described Tsarnaev to The New York Times this way: “He was angry that the world pictures Islam as a violent religion.” Bombing the Boston Marathon was the …

Is your partner honest about money? Do you suspect financial infidelity in your relationship? As “The Money Couple,” and creators of “The 5 Money Personalities,” we categorize “financial infidelity” as the slew of troubling, money-related behaviors: lying, secretly hoarding, controlling, concealing risk, secret accounts, or any money-related conduct that involves …

The best thing about the Internet is that it has grown, flourished and created new businesses, industries and jobs, all with minimal government involvement. But recent efforts by legislators are showing that may be changing soon. As the old saw goes, if it moves, government will seek to restrict, regulate …

The chaos and deadly clashes in Egypt prompt a question: What did we gain by helping to push out Hosni Mubarak? Wait, I know the answer. The old dictator was an American ally who made peace with Israel for 30 years. In exchange, we got the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, …

So President Obama faced a few hecklers on Monday who went after him about the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Take a gander, gander takers! Now I, for one, think it’s awesome to see gay activists moving beyond the easy targets. Usually, they rag on Mormons, because they’ll take it, …