As scientists around the world race to explore the potential of stem cells, the regulatory and research funding picture has become increasingly complex. Critics believe the limitations posed by the U.S. federal stem cell policy have put a damper on public and private research. Other countries are setting up research...

Is preparing taxes worsethan going to the dentist?

Even as critics complain that the Bush administration has limited stem cell research, state and private funding of such research goes forward.

If Proposition 71(a state initiative to fund stem-cell research)passes, cash-strapped California taxpayers will be spending their money on a handful of second-rate biotech companies.

Why then do many polls show tepid enthusiasm for this tax cut?

The Employee Free Choice Act would undercut the idea of a secret ballot in unionization drives and guarantee mandatory arbitration of many initial collective bargaining agreements.

Christopher DeMuth--thinker, strategist, administrator.

The Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term brought modest progress on civil rights, a personnel change that is unlikely to alter the Court's balance, and massive confusion and backpedaling on "business cases."