The release of the Census Bureau’s annual estimate of the uninsured on August 30, 2005 attracted much public attention. By contrast, few took notice when the Department of Health and Human Services made public two other surveys earlier this year that show different results. Which measure best captures the extent...

Politicians have frequently directed harsh rhetoric toward particular corporate taxpayers that earn high profits. At times, this rhetoric has been accompanied by policy proposals that single out a narrow set of profitable taxpayers for disparate treatment. Perhaps the most notable example is the war against Big Oil.

Large Keynesian models were discredited back in the 1960s, and the Congressional Budget Office should discredit them today.

Should student in science classes be taught alternative theories to evolution?

The idea that we need a spending freeze now, as the world teeters on the edge of global deflation and depression, is bizarre and dangerous.

The recent price of $104.2 million for Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" dramatizes the chasm that separates the art market from the contribution that great art can make to human life.

The technology exists to create high-quality reproductions of artworks, but thus far it has not been widely utilized.

The generation of new knowledge and the extent to which this knowledge is spread will be crucial components of efforts to address global climate change at acceptable costs.