Boston's Central Artery Project is a technological triumph and a political disaster.

There are solid ways to move forward with high-speed rail in the United States, but a new line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is not among them.

Normally, we expect to get thanked when giving a few bucks to a good cause. When it comes to K-12 schooling, though, folks giving away millions have been slammed for their trouble.

Liberals love building highways and bridges, but loathe making it affordable to drive on them. This is just a small example of the Catch-22 liberalism has found itself in.

Many commentators have noted that if the Super Committee fails, the sky will not fall, at least not immediately. The sequesters that would be triggered do not take effect until 2013, after all. Here is the starker reality.

The United States has a long-term challenge to employment that requires thinking about long-term responses, with a focus on maintaining America's edge in science research and information know-how, combined with the creativity generated by the market system.

So the stimulus--the so-called American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA--is starting to wind down. What are the results?

President Obama and his team came into office insisting that they were on top of things and above mere ideological considerations. They were wrong.