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The F-35 stakes could hardly be higher for the United States. Despite the Pentagon’s budget woes, it cannot walk away from the Lightning.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Just as with Horton, the people in our policy debates who spend their time pointing to the not seen, are often ridiculed, slandered, and disrespected. Bastiat observed that when government goes beyond referring free-enterprise to actively interfering with it, the consequences fall into two categories: what is seen, and what is not seen.

John Boehner is caught between a rock and a hard place in order to get the House of Representatives to vote on his debt plan.

Medicare must continue to implement reforms to align its coverage and payment policies with the value delivered to beneficiaries.

The Dodd-Frank Act required the FDIC to change how it assesses banks for deposit insurance. FDIC’s final rule implementing that mandate went into effect on April 1, 2011.

In the latest Asian Outlook, AEI research assistant Dale Swartz examines the Chinese government's vigorous response to domestic unrest in the wake of the "Arab Spring" -- the revolutionary movements for democracy happening all over the Middle East.