Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

The key to victory in the Democratic presidential nomination battle is in the 796 votes given to so-called superdelegates.

Misinformation on domestic violence against women leads to misdirected policies that fail to target the true causes of violence.

The New York Times rattled energy markets this week with a Sunday front page story asserting that many "insiders" in the natural gas industry harbor serious doubts about the long-term viability of the natural gas market.

In the case of the asset backed securities portfolio that the Fed acquired in support of the Bear Stearns acquisition by JPMorgan Chase the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee suggested that the Fed disclose the names of counterparties to transactions, how transactions were priced, the quality and extent of collateralization and the current market-to-market values on those assets.

Congress"s emotional rejection of the terror market and the ensuing witch-hunt for its instigator could have a chilling effect on other innovative efforts to deal with terrorism.

Fueled by false images of machine guns and sniper rifles, the debate next year is likely to be very emotional. Let's hope that the politicians at least learn what guns are being banned.

This study argues that the Bush administration charted the correct strategy in Iraq, but has failed to match its military means to its strategic ends.