Is the American middle class fighting for its life? Is there truly a "middle class squeeze"? If such books as Lou Dobbs's The War on the Middle Class are any indication, the American middle class is hanging on by a thread. But is this story accurate? Do available data support...

The health care legislation going through Congress is not the most unpopular bill with such important ramifications to ever be passed by such a narrow majority; nor does passage of the bill mean that the health care issue will be settled once and for all.

"Year of Meteors" is Douglas R. Egerton's fascinating account of the bizarre and explosive election of 1860, which boasted four major candidates and set the two halves of the country at each other's throats.

Rather than await the decision on the Affordable Care Act, President Obama decided to attack preemptively with error-filled claims about the place of judicial review in our constitutional system. Judicial review springs from the duty of a court, when deciding a case before it, to enforce the Constitution over a conflicting act of Congress.

Barack Obama spelled out his positions on the issues during the campaign, but he is letting members of Congress do almost all the heavy lifting now that he is in office.

Religion and the American Future is a lively, learned dialogue on the role of religion in American society.

To defend US interests in the Asia-Pacific region, policymakers must ensure the nation has the necessary air power capabilities to contend with the vast distances, limited basing options, and pronounced threat to assured success.

Given the lack of consensus on the court regarding private property rights and the continued efforts of government to encroach on these rights as evidenced by the Stop the Beach Renourishment case, proponents of these constitutional guarantees should remain vigilant.