One of the most controversial elements delaying GSE reform legislation is the provision in the billthat would direct 5% of Fannieand Freddieprofits to an affordable-housing fund.

Using vouchers and other forms of bottom-up decision making can help give clients choice and improve services.

Demographic, economic, and political forces have placed unprecedented demands on Medicare that cannot be met without major program reform. Policies are needed to change the fundamental incentives that drive provider and patient behavior in Medicare--and ultimately the entire health sector.

Nongovernmental organizations are growing in number and finding ways to survive in China, even though the country's political limits artificially restrict their growth, as they take up political issues but are not yet political actors.

Three AEI economists debate the merits of Senator JohnMcCain's (Ariz.)tax reform proposals.

Review of Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, and The Clinton Wars, by Sidney Blumenthal.

Merely hoping for change in China is not enough.

On Oct. 9, for the fifth time in my life, I went into a polling station and cast a vote in Australian federal election. The same day, several hours later and on the other side of the globe, millions of people were exercising their democratic right to vote for the first time in their lives.