The Obama administration is gradually changing the nature of our economy and society by putting government at the center.

America faces a culture war between free enterprise and big government which will determine the country's future.

We should hope that the massive government intervention into the financial system will be temporary and reversed in time because every intervention brings with it expanded government and--in particular--bureaucratic power.

Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and AEI will be launching a new HRNK report entitled, “Marked For Life: Songbun, North Korea’s Social Classification System,” which will be discussed at this event. The panel will also examine the extent to which the growing reliance on money and bribery is eroding the songbun system’s influence.

The current ban on handguns in the District of Columbia has not reduced violence in the city.