Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.) has long been on almost everyone's short list for the Republican vice presidential nomination. But now McDonnell's national security credentials have come into question, thanks to his mishandling of a bill passed by the Virginia General Assembly.

Medicare is facing a fiscal calamity: how can the growth of Medicare spending be limited while ensuring that beneficiaries continue to have access to affordable health care?

Bob Gates is a good man who did a thankless job with grace and skill. But when our military needed a loud and firm advocate, he let Obama offer us, instead, a bleak future of shrinking American power.His successors need to correct course and take a bold stand to keep us strong as well as safe.

While the US counter-culture of the 1960s may bear little resemblance to anything in Chinese society today, the 'average Chinese citizen' would likely be surprised to learn that he cares not about human dignity. Indeed, fundamentally, Ai Weiwei is silenced precisely because of his quest to ensure that Chinese citizens can live lives of dignity.

An expert panel will discuss the impact of proposals to restructure FEHBP and what they imply for both the survival of the program and the broader health system under the president’s health care reform.

This book by Alan Viard and Robert Carroll proposes to completely replace the income tax system with a progressive consumption tax.