Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration abruptly revoked the narcotics license held by the distributor Cardinal Health, preventing that firm from shipping prescription pain drugs to thousands of Florida pharmacies and hospitals. It's the latest tactic in the DEA's struggle to stem the illicit use of prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin.

The following is a summary highlighting testimony by AEI Director of Economic Policy Studies Kevin Hassett to the Joint Economic Committee at a hearing entitled "How the Taxation of Capital Affects Growth and Employment."

The Environmental Protection Agency spends scarce taxpayer money to endlessly dredge through databases in search of ever lower, ever more obscure health impacts to justify expanded regulation and EPA intrusion into the economy.

The U.S. is fighting terror with one hand behind its back by refusing to exploit data-mining tools.

The Greek tragedy is far from over as the debate over whether to accept debt-forgiveness conditions upended the government in Athens. Furthermore, other debt-laden European nations risk going under.

Playing defense in the war on terrorism is a losing strategy. The nation's best hope for victory is for President Obama and his advisers to learn offense.

Information technology can revolutionize drug safety monitoring.

Testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security in a hearing titled "Catching Terrorists: The British System versus the U. S. System."