Obama picked right gamble in Afghanistan
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Big decisions are risky decisions. President Obama took the right risks at West Point on Tuesday when he outlined his plans for a troop surge in...
View ArticleWith safeguards, let those terror suspects talk
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Somebody in the White House should have winced Sunday when Attorney General Eric Holder raised the possibility of more Miranda-less questioning...
View ArticleWho, exactly, will replace Mubarak in Egypt?
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. The United States supports democracy and detests autocracy. Except when it doesn’t. What’s been happening in Egypt may be one of the excepts....
View ArticleWoman to woman in Afghanistan’s villages
This editorial will appear in Friday’s print edition. The battles, the bombings and the arguments over Afghanistan’s future often overshadow the country’s most threatened population: women. Some...
View ArticleHelping lawmakers get re-elected isn’t Army’s mission
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. Many members of Congress stumping for re-election back in their districts decry government spending and those awful earmarks. Except (wink, wink)...
View ArticleAmerica’s war in Afghanistan has reached the end game
This editorial will appear in Monday’s print edition. Compared with past wars, America’s struggle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been light on casualties. After almost 12 years, the U.S. death...
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A Peace Prize, please, for Malala
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is about to announced the Peace Prize for 2012. Malala Yousufzai is my nominee, for standing alone against the Taliban on its own turf – at the age of 14.
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