The long-term unemployment problem is partly Washington's creation, since the extension of unemployment-insurance benefits to 99 weeks effectively subsidized the creation of a structural problem. Fixing it will be the toughest job our next president faces.

The District of Columbia's mayor-in-waiting, Vincent Gray, argued during the campaign that he could be a powerful agent of reform, due to his deep neighborhood ties and ability to more effectively bring the community along, and if he was right he could bring to fruition the remarkable work that outgoing mayor Adrian Fenty began.

What impact does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services drug coverage have on the future of biologic products?

How will Canada secure energy sources needed to sustaingrowing industries?

Military bloggers and their homefront supporters take aim at the New York Times.

European Commission antitrust regulators will declare Microsoft in violation of competition laws, fine the company, and impose enormous restrictions on how Microsoft does business.

A review of The Ethical Brain, by Michael S. Gazzaniga.

John Gray's Bradley Lecture.