When asked how to boost America’s educational competiveness, a staple response is the emphatic assertion that we need to be more like nation X.  But, just for a moment, let’s entertain the radical proposition that a better course is to tap into uniquely American strengths like federalism, entrepreneurial dynamism, and size and heterogeneity.

Congress should allow Fannie, Freddie, and FHA’s loan limits to drop.

How do civil society organizations operate in the authoritarian environment of Vladimir Putin’s “sovereign democracy?”  To what extent are they able to further their causes despite pervasive corruption and the rule of courts that take their cues from the Kremlin?

Israel is the only Western democracy whose existence and legitimacy are still being questioned independently of its actions, but defending Israel means defending the values that made and sustain Western civilization.

While federal spending must be reduced, spending on the U.S. military must be increased to maintain the military as the preeminent global force that it is today.

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

For years, it was a well-known joke that Brazil is the country of the future and always will be. Indeed, the notion that Brazil would have higher economic growth and lower unemployment rates than the United States would have been unthinkable...

Kennedy provided a balanced and reasonable way to clean up the crazy quilt and often dysfunctional processes we use to fill vacancies temporarily in the Senate while maintaining the continuity of our government.

Fighting raging in the north of Yemen between the government and Shiite al-Houthi rebels could have a significant effect on Middle East and U.S. security, as well as on Yemen's own survival.