Despite Congress's move to the political center this year, the partisan voting patterns of 1995 were evident again in 1996, according to National Journal's annual congressional vote ratings.

Drugs developed by the pharmaceutical research industry have revolutionized health care. Yet, in recent years there has been a decline in the number of innovative new drugs reaching the market, despite extraordinary advances in the basic and applied science upon which these new developments depend. Why is that? Panelists...

Bipartisan oversight in the new Congress should develop a sensible policy toward Latin America that addresses Mexico's antidrug campaign, Hugo Chávez's hostile regime, free trade with Colombia, and relations with Brazil and Cuba.

True justice in the Pan Am 103 case would involve attacking the source of that terroris--in Libya.

It is about time that the new democracies of Central Europe begin to enjoy the full benefits of freedom, including the credible security that NATO membership would provide.

Within thirteen months the U.S. will quit the isthmus of Panama after a presence of more than 90 years. Under the Carter-Torrijos treaties (1978) the Panama Canal and its accompanying installations will pass to the Republic of Panama, and the U.S. military presence will be completely liquidated. For the first...

It is in the best interests of both Panama and America to proceed with the canal turnover as planned.

Corporate tax shelters--transactions that purport to offer large tax savings through little more than paperwork--are perennially in the news. Government efforts to combat them, whether through litigation, new regulations, or proposed legislation, emphasize requiring "economic substance," such as the acceptance of significant economic risks. This approach is odd, since...