Real democracy will take a long time to build in Pakistan, but it's the only path to stability. And it needs to start now.

The death penalty, no matter how it is administered, is unconstitutional and wrong.

There's a powerful political faction in America that will do whatever it takes to scare people into believing that change means economic disaster.

Elections set for Feb. 18 are the country's only way forward, provided there is a willingness by the Muslim League, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pervez Musharraf to accept their result.

With Barack Obama's ascendancy, an old story is offered a new ending.

Factionalism among the country's national leaders is frittering away progress on the local level.

Americans troubled by Guantánamo can learn from the experience of Israel, whose military courts have only amplified Palestinian resentment and foreign criticism.

The United Nations should establish a monitoring unit devoted not to elections, but to the work of election commissions.

The ways our children leave us make us realize we are growing old.