Here’s the problem: The president never defines what he means by “fair.” And this is for a simple reason: his definition is simply not recognizable to most Americans.

Just when it looked like the job market was going to rebound, recent unemployment numbers revealed a disappointing reality.

Issues of security and prevention may soon displace the politics of tolerance and opportunity.

This Bradley Lecture is based on Brooks’s new book, “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise” (Basic Books, May 2012).

To be “close-minded” is, according to the dictionary, to be “intolerant of the beliefs and opinions of others; stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas.” To be conservative and close-minded, according to popular portrayal, is a redundancy—a package deal that liberals can and do take for granted.But University of Virginia...

The impact of air quality improvements on individuals' well-being has been the subject of inquiry by many scholars over the past several decades.

How a forced stand-off between two groups who have equal and opposing claims on the outcome could have been avoided entirely.

Ambassador Bolton's review of John Fonte's book "Sovereignty vs. Submissions:  Will Americans Rule Themselves of be Ruled by Others?"