The numerous and spirited ways in which Chinese people are objecting--despite repression, risk, and sometimes their own involvement in the problems--show that popular ideas about social morality are still alive and well in China.

How is it possible to know what Chinese people think and feel about their government? Three ways are through anticorruption novels, blogs, and rhyming ditties.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has trashed Texas schools, but Texas gets great bang for the buck.

Why should Romney attack Perry directly when the Democrats, the liberal media and Michele Bachmann will do it for him? Romney's strategists note that Perry will have to survive five debates in six weeks--ample opportunity for Bachmann to "rip his eyes out" (as she did to Tim Pawlenty) or for Perry to blow himself up.

Rick Perry's promise to make Washington "as inconsequential in your lives as possible" is resonating in libertarian New Hampshire. He has moved into second place here after just a few days in the race, registering 18 percent support among Granite State Republicans. The secret to Perry's success? One word: jobs.

Leading experts on China will discuss China's military modernization and economic development over the past two decades to mark Tiananmen's twentieth anniversary.

The Obama administration steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the problems with ED's "backdoor blueprint" waiver strategy or the ugly precedent that it's trying to set. But those with even a glimmer of imagination can see where this is going...

A coherent vision for federal education policy starts not by micromanaging schools, but by focusing on the four functions Washington alone can perform.