The public commonly accepts that public school teachers are "desperately underpaid," in the words of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and that raising teacher pay should be a priority of education reform. But is this true?

Unexamined humanitarianism can cause damage to its supposed beneficiaries.

An executive summary of Bullock and Gaddie's expert report on the Voting Rights Act in Arkansas.

Only through abuse of the class action mechanism can obesitylitigation be feasibly used by plaintiffs" attorneys. The risk of that abuse, however, is very real.

One approach for Mitt Romney would be what opponents might call a double-vanilla ticket, with another white male as vice presidential nominee. Four possibilities come to mind.

The critical determinant of actual fertility levels in Muslim and non-Muslim societies alike at the end of the day would appear to be attitudinal and volitional, rather than material and mechanistic.

We are scholars and analysts who support school choice in some fashion, though we have varied perspectives regarding the optimal nature, extent, and design of choice-based arrangements. Choice's track record so far is promising and provides support for continuing expansion of school choice policies.

Senator Blanche Lincoln's victory in the Arkansas Democratic runoff last week was a huge blow to Big Labor and removes the credibility of the unions' threat to end the careers of Democrats who don't do their bidding.