Overhauling the teachers contract will be a bruising struggle--one that will succeed only if the community commits to seeing it through.

President Obama's election raised unprecedented expectations among climate advocates--and yet their unconditional devotion allows him to get away with giving little more than lip service to the issue.

The basic structure for the public distribution of securities in the United States--which places limits on a company’s communications before a final prospectus is available--was adopted almost seventy years ago, before the revolution in electronic communications and the advent of the Internet. The capital markets are globalized for institutions...

Ever since the National Market System was mandated in 1975, the Securities and Exchange Commission has assumed that Congress intended to encourage the development of a centralized national securities market, where a high degree of liquidity would produce the best prices for investors and traders. However, technological and...

Pollsconfirm that the public sees the parties as evenly matched.

If a country wants to have an enterprise culture, it must have a vigorous competition policy.

The antitrust trial against Microsoft will conclude this week, with each side offering closing arguments in the landmark case. But the maneuvering that will end in a judgment or a settlement has barely begun. Much now turns on what the Justice Department thinks could be done to Microsoft that meshes...

A Stability Pact for the Balkans is important, but the real pact has to be for the U.S., its allies, and the region itself to tackle the most difficult and costly problems.