No agency is more acutely aware of how potentially damning and politically sensitive background investigations can be than the FBI; it conducts those investigations, after all.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.

There's nothing scarier than a reckless prosecutor.

Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn.

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.