Every serious study of U.S. infrastructure has reached the same conclusion: More investment is needed -- and fast. But with Sen. Jeff Bingaman's amendment to the highway reauthorization bill, the Senate effectively penalizes states for using innovative infrastructure financing.

The Occupiers are right about American incomes: They've definitely grown more unequal. But this fact presents three inconvenient truths for the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Voters in the eight largest states are supporting candidates in the gubernatorial races that favor smaller government and limiting spending.

Education cuts call for a new mindset among educators and an unfamiliar, sometimes-uncomfortable commitment to productivity and cost-effectiveness.

The September 14 primaries in heavily Democratic New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia demonstrated the split between two of the core groups of the Democratic Party.

The usual discipline of the Democratic Party has evaporated and the party is now looking like a collection of panicked politicians engaged in civil war.

Is it really ethical for public unions, who's salary comes from tax payers, to contribute to political campaigns?

Nick Schulz reviews Animal Spirits.