The American Enterprise Institute's Council of Academic Advisers honors Leon R. Kass, recipient of the Institute's 2012 Irving Kristol Award. The Irving Kristol Award is presented to an individual who has made extraordinary intellectual or practical contributions to improved government policy, social welfare, or...

The real question hanging over all this is whether there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Chen’s release.

Generally, campaign press releases are unrelenting twaddle. But Romney put out a decent one today… better, frankly, than his not-too-dramatic op-ed in today’s WaPo. (Really, Mitt, shipbuilding will be job one in taking on Iran?)

For decades, investors have spent countless hours speculating about the Federal Reserve's agenda on interest rates. Market watchers study every adjective in often-cryptic Fed statements for clues about the outlook for monetary policy.

The world—not just the United States—felt the pain of the 2008 financial crisis, and governments rushed to change the way the financial industry was regulated. While from Washington, DC, the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee has been tracking the progress of financial regulation in America, shadow financial committees around the world have been following regional developments.

John Yoo defends a strong presidency and the President's constitutional power to wage war.

Sally Satel M.D., author of When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors, will be available for comment.

In the lead up to the 4th of July, a new study details the views Americans hold about our country, the actions Americans consider patriotic, and opinions on institutions such as the military.