Global instability caused by our government's incompetence.

Good and bad examples from government.

Politics defaults to selfishness.

There's nothing noble about savagery.

Confidently seeing good and evil for what they are - and fighting for the side of right.

Evil is real, and it does matter.

Reformers have tried to civilize Islam - and failed.

What happens when two corrupt political machines fight over a city?

Competition between China, India - and maybe Russia.

The big media mystery that's no mystery at all.