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St. Petersburg, Russia – My old American Heritage dictionary defines “sovereignty” as “complete independence and self-government.” Our Declaration of Independence affirms that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are …

The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., says he’s a man of God, not a lobbyist. But state officials say he’s both. According to the Connecticut Office of State Ethics, the diocese acted as a lobbying organization in March when it rented buses to transport people to …

The Obama administration seems at last to be waking up to the reality that its policy of engagement with the rulers of Iran has gone up in the smoke rising from the streets of Tehran. It took a while. At the first sign of post-election trouble the administration was quick …