David Hume correctly predicted 250 years ago that the government would infallibly abuse the privilege of incurring debt.

In 1933, the United States intentionally defaulted on its Treasury debt, an action supported by both Congress and the Supreme Court.

If American mortgage borrowers act in their own narrow interests, as "knaves," they might yet cause an economic collapse worse than anything we have suffered.

Terrorism is more easily fought when its underlying ideology is weakened; when neighboring countries support the terrorists' moderate, not militant, faction; when there is firm public opinion from those who are being attacked; and through suppression and penetration.

The archbishop of Canterbury speaks about the inevitable union of British law and Muslim religious law.

An uncorrected transcript with remarks from Arthur Brooks, David Brooks and Rep. Paul Ryan from The American Enterprise Debate: How Much Government is Good Government?

Globalization leads not only to the creation and spread of wealth but to ethical outcomes and to better moral character among its participants.

America was founded as a commercial republic, a type most thought to promote the civic spirit that would ensure its democratic vitality. But there are "cultural contradictions" in commerce.