At this two-day conference, scholars from across the country and around the world will explore the value of high-skilled immigration in a globalized labor market.

Untilofficials use cost-effective security measures,the United States will spend huge amounts on security andremain vulnerable to catastrophic attacks.

Al Kamen on Norman J. Ornstein.

The Deepwater Horizon spill is clearly an ecological disaster, but overreaction to it could cause more environmental and economic harm than good.

Crime has recently hit record highs in Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Toronto, and a host of other major cities.

America's streets are becoming safer, even as crime has exploded in Europe.

After he beat an 80-year-old grandmother, took a mother with a stroller hostage, and robbed 11 London banks in broad daylight, Michael Wheatley was finally nabbed by British police late last month. Dubbed the Skull Cracker for his habit of pistol-whipping victims, Wheatley had transfixed the London tabloid press with...