Join us at AEI for a conversation that will consider what the 2012 elections hold for education against the backdrop of the new book "Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America's Schools," edited by AEI's Frederick M. Hess and Andrew P. Kelly.

As one of the most polarizing figures in modern American politics, Newt Gingrich has racked up a huge inventory of pungent criticism of both his ideas and his character — much of it from his fellow conservatives. But before becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill was often dismissed in similar terms.

What does the rapid rise of the tea party movement mean for civic life?

As co-authors of Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America,we strongly recommend that the Affordable Care Act of 2010 should be repealed and replaced as soon as possible.

Lynne Olson delivered the September Bradley Lecture.

The September Bradley Lecture will focus on the subjects of Lynne Olson's recently published book Troublesome Young Men. The men in the title of the book were a band of Tory members of Parliament who risked political suicide to revolt against Prime...

This book examines, for the first time, Winston Churchill's executive side. Here he is portrayed not as a mythic historical figure but rather as a role model for today's executives and managers.

A National Review Online symposium asks: "Is it all about you? Or them?"

NASCAR is a daredevil sport. It's all about risk-taking and nerve. Not unlike President Bush's Iraq policy, and his tax cuts and his plans to remake Medicare and Social Security.