Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

The evolution of American politics and policy has been intimately bound up with demographic and geographic change. The arrival of the GI generation, the advance of suburbanization, the rise of the baby boomers, and women’s entry into the workforce all had profound effects on our society. Today, new demographic and...

This second conference about "Red, Blue, and Purple America" brings back the panelists who convened in February 2008 to discuss America's changing demographic trends and electoral landscape.

AEI’s Election Watch series, which began in 1982, is the longest-running election program in Washington. The 2008 presidential election campaign has been full of unexpected twists and turns with more in store. At this event, Election Watch panelists will discuss results of the Super Tuesday brawl, the mid-Atlantic...

Musings on the bygone era when letter writing was a big deal.

If you are afraid of growth, move to Europe, or to Ohio.