Why America's business is still business.

The numbers say that Americans like business much more than media rhetoric would suggest.

America and the War on Terror is one of a series of AEI studies on public opinion by Karlyn Bowman.

AEI resident fellow Karlyn H. Bowman is available for comment on her study of public opinion and attitudes about work.

As recently as half a century ago, Americans across all classes showed only minor differences on the Founding virtues. When Americans resisted the idea of being thought part of an upper class or lower class, they were responding to a reality: there really was such a thing as a civic culture that embraced all of them. Today, that is no longer true.

Purposes should not be confused with mechanics. The Bank must accept that it is in the development business, not the banking business.

The World Bank should be restructured in order to meet the development needs of the poorest countries it was originally designed to assist.

The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 calls for $168 billion in tax rebates that will hopefully act as a stimulus in the slow economy.