The West is in for a long, irregular confrontation - not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but with radical Islam.

Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.