The temptation on Capitol Hill is for Republicans to just crow briefly that "we told you so," issue a few press releases, hold a hearing or two, and then wait for another low-hanging rotten fruit of ObamaCare to fall off the tree through the forces of economic and political gravity. They should instead think more strategically about this opportunity.

Several years ago, Farid Ghadry​--a Syrian exile activist--published a piece in the Middle East Quarterly looking at what political trends lay beneath the surface of Syria's Baathist dictatorship. He identified the discussions groups that arose during the short-lived "Damascus Spring" and hypothesized that they represented the proto-political parties which might develop.

Here’s the problem: The president never defines what he means by “fair.” And this is for a simple reason: his definition is simply not recognizable to most Americans.

At AEI conferences in December 2007 and April 2008, the same five AEI economists had widely divergent views about the direction the economy would take, but all agreed that things would become clearer when more data were available about the scope of market turmoil and the health of the economy....

Despite what many believe, it is impossible to gain energy independence.

At a December 2007 AEI conference, five AEI economists had widely divergent views about the direction the economy is likely to take, but they agreed to revisit the issue when there were more data available about the scope of market turmoil and the health of the economy. In the four...