American public opinion has shifted in a conservative direction since Barack Obama's election, showing that big government is unpopular and the president's powers of persuasion are weaker than expected.

California faces a $26.3 billion budget gap; lawmakers in Sacramento have had no choice but to make desperate spending cuts.

President Obama is not the first chief executive to discover that it was much easier to promise grand dreams on the campaign trail than to reconcile them with stubborn realities.

In a recent piece American Enterprise Institute President and economist Arthur Brooks tackles what might be the definitive political battle of our times: the case for free enterprise. Brooks explains why free enterprise matters to the United States because it allows Americans to pursue their dreams, earn their success and be rewarded for their hard work.

Could Russiacon the United States into dealing with the "dirty work" inIran?

In Washington, there is neither self-consciousness about American power nor defensiveness about its use.

Chinese vice president Xi Jinping is back in China, his U.S. visit having gone off without a hitch. Both sides are claiming that the trip was a smashing success and are asserting that the Sino-American relationship is strong and mature.

Congress has never before passed and the Supreme Court has never upheld a law requiring individuals to buy a commercial product, as Obamacare does. On this the Obama Democrats, not Clarence Thomas and judges following his lead, are the ones sweeping aside precedent.