At The Chronicle of Higher Education, “journalistic standards” are of the double kind. And incivility is a firing offense — unless you’re criticizing a conservative, in which case nasty smears are all the rage

At this AEI book forum, Jeffrey Friedman will present his book’s arguments, followed by comments from AEI’s Peter Wallison and Alex Pollock and a general discussion.

Two central features of the House and Senate health insurance reform bills have not been getting much attention and are bad ideas: the mandate that individuals have insurance and the conversion of private health insurers into regulated public utilities will not alleviate the problems in the U.S. health care system.

By exposing more of Americans' incomes to payroll taxes, the Baucus bill increases the Social Security surpluses and makes the on-balance budget appear more balanced.

The current financial crisis is a demonstration that well-intentioned government intervention in the private economy can have devastating consequences.

A careful look into credit-default swaps shows that they are not only simpler than thought, but also vital to keeping the financial system strong.

The new government in Yemen has extracted several of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s cronies from the country’s power structure, including demotion of Saleh’s half-brother Mohammed al Ahmar and nephew Tareq Mohammed Saleh, the former heads of the Air Force and Presidential Guard, respectively.

Throughout his career, Robert Kagan has been a severe critic of foreign policy realists who emphasize the "balance of power" at the expense of morality, ideology, and principle. Yet, in this book Kagan's emphasis is mostly on power, not morality or democracy.