The Ensign and Sanford scandals are beside the point. The Republican Party is going to have a hard time coming up with a strong presidential nominee in 2012.

In his new book, The Same Thing Over and Over (Harvard University Press, November 2010), AEI director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess explains that American schools have not changed since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, as a result, are ill-suited to meet today's challenges.

Using the Social Security surplus for debt reduction has become a popular position over the past year as the surplus mounts. But is that necessarily the best use of money that was paid by taxpayers for retirement benefits? Representative Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is proposing "The Personal Lockbox Act," a...

Congress has never before passed and the Supreme Court has never upheld a law requiring individuals to buy a commercial product, as Obamacare does. On this the Obama Democrats, not Clarence Thomas and judges following his lead, are the ones sweeping aside precedent.

After 9/11, serious questions were raised as to the methods that might be used to extract information from terrorists who might threaten U.S. national interests. What constitutes torture? Is it ever justified? What are the legal procedures that the U.S. government can put in place regarding this issue? Jean Bethke...

Preventing future terrorist attacks from Islamic radicals depends on the willingness of the local Muslim communities to turn in their neighbors they suspect are up to no good and the police's ability to use undercover assets.

Scholars discussed the feasibility of Rep. Mark Sanford's (R-S.C.)social security reform proposal.

Whatever the frequency of extramarital affairs of everyday people, it appears that Americans want the private lives of public faces to stay that way.