For-profits and nonprofits both have a place in delivering quality education. Education policies should define the desired outcomes from government spending without specifying the processes used to achieve those outcomes.

A net assessment can help us to clearly understand the threats from Salafist jihadists in the Horn of Africa.

I learned to appreciate the American free enterprise system by quitting a job in Spain.At age 19, I dropped out of school to pursue a career as a French horn player. After a few twists and turns, I wound up in the Barcelona Symphony, which was a Spanish...

Prior research is silent about the value of information privacy in the presence of potential benefits from sharing personally identifiable information.

Denial of access by al Shabaab militants, and in some cases by other armed militias, is the single greatest obstacle to the provision of humanitarian assistance in Somalia.

As the international community and the US discovered in the early 1990s, getting humanitarian aid to needy Somalis is not an apolitical undertaking. It may not even be possible without being drawn into conflict in the Horn of Africa once again.

The education battle is won, though the mopping-up operation could take a while.

Representative Howard Berman (D-CA) of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs will roll out his vision for new legislation on the fiftieth anniversary of the Foreign Assistance Act.