The Fix over at the Washington Post—a political staple in this election year—has a little bit of election analysis out for us the night after the president of the United States slow jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon. The Fix pronounces the meme of the race: Barack Obama is cool. Mitt Romney is not.

Inspired by President Obama’s cheap election-year politicking, Congress has launched into a frenzied, bipartisan panderfest over the Stafford loan program. Late last week, an emotional House speaker John Boehner led House Republicans to vote for an Obama-proposed giveaway he’d denounced just a few days previously.For those who don’t...

The resignation of Adm. William Fallon affirms the problems that President Bush has had with the relationship between civilian commanders and military leaders.

Defense SecretaryRobert Gates is making needed changes at the Pentagon.

Many consider our relationship with China the pivot point for all other national security strategy issues for the next twenty-five to fifty years.

While philanthropical efforts such as the Gates small school initiative, the Annenberg challenge, and the Broad Prize for Urban Education appear to constitute only a small portion of total U.S. K-12 spending, there is reason to believe these efforts may have a disproportionate impact in shaping reform agendas and promoting...

What had been a trickle of litigation over Vioxx became a flood.

The "Battle of the Generals" is really no battle at all.