Faisal Shahzad sought to massacre scores of fellow Americans in Times Square with a bomb made of M-88 firecrackers, non-explosive fertilizer, gasoline and alarm clocks.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a U.S. airliner over Detroit with a firebomb concealed in his underpants. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot dead 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood and wounded 29.

The day that President Obama departed for Arizona to address the nation on the Tucson massacre, Washington was abuzz.

When a nation fights for its life, ideology goes by the board.

In deciding to pull all of the 30,000 troops from the surge out of Afghanistan, six weeks before Election Day 2012, but only 10,000 by year's end, President Obama has satisfied neither the generals nor the doves.

I've always considered former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to be an astute political observer.

WASHINGTON -- The legacy of 9/11 can't be fully measured even now, but perhaps the most damaging aspect can be found in our national discourse.

NEW YORK -- Here we go all over again. Read my lips and bring ‘em on. It's the economy, stupid. Gotcha!

WASHINGTON -- Most would agree that one would have to stoop pretty low to question the story of a man's mother's death.

WASHINGTON -- What if the president gave a major speech and no one heard it?