President Barack Obama has been on a tour of college campuses touting proposals to lower student loan repayments for college graduates. He hopes to rekindle the enthusiasm of young voters, who in 2008 favored him over Sen. John McCain by more than two-to-one.

Ironically, these same young Americans...

Canadians care deeply about the quality of the environment and the protection of nature.

Now it is time for Canada to honor itself as a people--as such honoring occurs too seldom in Canada--and there will never be a better opportunity than in the days beginning five summers from now.

The United States should follow Canada's example to solve the unemployment problem.

Americans have the highest health spending on the planet. Why? Because they can afford to do so. What few people realize is that the U.S. has increased its standard of living vis-à-vis its biggest competitors despite rising health expenditures (figure 1.6c).

The new administration deserves a chance to fulfill our allies' hopes--and make clear that President Obama's team is not hopelessly naive.

To create private-sector jobs and raise wages for those now working, we must make America a magnet for investment from abroad. A trade agenda to promote exports is one piece of competing in a global economy, but without an aggressive campaign to draw in foreign investors’ resources, the United States will miss key employment and economic growth opportunities.

As we age, nostalgia can be triggered by the strangest things--including a rebroadcast of the television show we used to hate most in the entire world.