Tom Rogan: Iran wants respect and nuclear power. The US doesn't want Iran to get nuclear weapons. The window is closing for a deal

Tom Rogan: This is the American government at its worst: the shutdown and then political posturing. We should not forget this scandal

Head to head: Tom Rogan and Michael Cohen: We debate whether the diplomatic agreement on Syria's WMD is a win for the international order or a humiliation for Obama

Tom Rogan: Kerry has re-energized the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but he needs to be more forceful within the Obama administration

Tom Rogan: I'm sticking with the Republican party because voices of reform and fresh ideas are starting to take over again

Tom Rogan: There are genuine threats against the president and his family. Conservatives wrongly dismiss those by bashing security costs

Tom Rogan: For gay conservatives, CPAC offers a message: We welcome your votes, but not your participation

Tom Rogan: LaPierre's partisan rant did our cause no good: after Sandy Hook, gun rights advocates need to join a constructive dialogue

Tom Rogan: Hostage to its base, the GOP is seen as pro-freedom on some issues but prurient and intrusive on others. We can't win like this

Tom Rogan: The House repeal of Obamacare is mere GOP grandstanding. Americans deserve instead a reasoned Republican alternative

Tom Rogan: Nudging $4 a gallon, the price of petroleum threatens to become an election issue. But should the GOP take the easy route?

Tom Rogan: As a Republican, I find it unconscionable that my party has put tax-cutting orthodoxy before national security

Tom Rogan: Martin Dempsey and Ray Odierno, both tempered in the long, challenging conflict in Iraq, bring rare talent to military leadership