Commentary

Forget the teeth-gnashing already occasioned by a new study on Jewish identity in the U.S. by the Pew Research Religion... READ MORE

Everyone knows, or has heard the cliche, that markets hate uncertainty. It’s also a given that the future is always... READ MORE

The passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile is a major... READ MORE

Why it's so embarrassing that the government shutdown has forced President Barack Obama to postpone trips to the... READ MORE

This week Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, convicted tax cheat and survivor of serial scandals, ordered... READ MORE

A political storm brewing in Italy has the potential to disrupt the calm that has prevailed in the euro area. Europe’s... READ MORE

Gun-control advocates think the only way to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them is to make it... READ MORE

The best explanation of the U.S. government shutdown points to two factors. The first involves information, or what... READ MORE

Posterity is watching carefully as Shinzo Abe goes ahead with a sales-tax increase aimed at getting a handle on Japan’s... READ MORE

The government shutdown is a bridge way too far, but I hate to admit that the right-wing Republican caucus sometimes has... READ MORE