This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors, and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simply because they are young. This year, the ritual is more pathetic than usual because there’s a presidential election in the offing.

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, will speak at AEI to explain the dynamics surrounding the pending FTAs and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Americans should demand steering wheels.

The 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act created a streamlined path for generic drugs to reach the market after pioneer drug patents expire. The result has been the most vigorous and competitive generic drug market in the world, but the Hatch-Waxman Act does not apply to most biologics. Isolated from a variety of...

Health care policy and health care reform are back in the news in a big way. The Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care overhaul. The Obama administration has just released guidelines for the operation of the state-based insurance exchanges that are the backbone of the law.

The division of power on trade between the White House and Congress has been a problem for decades.

Some policymakers and lawmakers will argue that Social Security is separate and distinct from our broader fiscal challenges. I disagree. I believe that immediately addressing the challenges facing the Social Security program offers an opportunity to improve our country's fiscal soundness, lift an undue burden from future generations, and strengthen our economy's long-run growth prospects.

All Washington wants is to continue doing what it has been doing since it became a maritime power: use its Navy to enhance international peace and security, deter conflict, reassure allies, and collect intelligence. LOST undercuts these strategic imperatives, and that is why it has always been a bad idea for the United States.