Why the war in Iraq is not like the war in Vietnam—and why the present conflict must not be permitted to end the way the former conflict ended. By Victor Davis Hanson.

In the Arab world, there is something new and exhilarating in the air—a debate on the meaning of freedom. By Fouad Ajami.

Despite opinion to the contrary, our nation’s intelligence services are not broken, nor can they be “fixed” simply by reshuffling the CIA’s organizational chart. The true strengths—and limitations—of our country’s spy agencies. By Richard A. Posner.

When will the regime of Kim Jong Il finally collapse? By Charles Wolf Jr.

The best description of Vladimir Putin? “Stalin lite.” By Arnold Beichman.

Three years after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Bush administration is being pressed by school administrators, teachers unions, and politicians to ease up on enforcement. With this many critics, NCLB must be doing something right. By John E. Chubb.

Political correctness hits the math classroom. By Diane Ravitch.

Half a century after he first proposed school vouchers, Milton Friedman, the “Father of School Choice,” is still on the case.

A sensible approach to the drug problem. By David R. Henderson.

How could one storm score a hit on every wallet in the country? By Henry I. Miller.

“If Ed Meese is not a good man,” Ronald Reagan once said, “there are no good men.” A profile of a good man. By Lee Edwards.

Remembering a hero for our time. By Jeff Bliss.

What do Jews have in common with Armenians, Ibos, and Marwaris? An historically similar pattern of economic and social roles—and of persecution. By Thomas Sowell.