WASHINGTON — “I’m a pretty friendly guy,” President Obama said near the end of his White House news conference Monday afternoon. The claim might have been a touch more plausible if he … more

WASHINGTON — In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms. This is not a man who is going to shrink from a fight … more

The following is a crashing generalization, but here goes: When it comes to how we dress, there are serious gender inequities — in standards of comfort and in body exposure. Valentine’s … more

Barack Obama has said that he wants to help Democrats win back a majority in the House of Representatives. If he does work hard to elect House Democrats, it will be a change from 2010 and 2012, when … more

WASHINGTON — If this is how Jim Inhofe treats his friends, one shudders to think what he does to his enemies. “I have known Sen. Kerry for many years and consider him a friend,” the … more

WASHINGTON — The nation’s vexation over the morality and legality of President Obama’s drone war has produced a salutary but hopelessly confused debate. Three categories of … more

Now is the time for all good women to pay homage to Betty Friedan, who 50 years ago wrote the game-changing manifesto “The Feminine Mystique.”With that book, Friedan helped propel a … more

WASHINGTON — We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that … more

WASHINGTON — President Obama began his second inaugural address with a reminder that this ceremony, like the 56 inaugurations before it in U.S. history, was a unifying symbol. “Each time we … more

America’s alleged “baby bust” is pushing the country over “a demographic cliff.” So argues Jonathan V. Last in The Wall Street Journal. Stacking one highly debatable … more