This volume sets the stage for a reasoned and robust discussion of the meaning of 9/11 and the law and policy of the war on terrorism.

Harvard Graduate School of Education's Meira Levinson argues that recovering the civic purposes of public schools will take more than tweaking their curricula. Drawing on political theory, empirical research and her own experience from teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson calls on schools to remake civic education.

American sovereignty is today more challenged than ever before, not from enemies that threaten us militarily but from "friends" who urge that we share or reduce our sovereignty for larger global objectives.

On the heel of the recent JP Morgan fiasco, American Enterprise Economist John Makin makes the case for how Dodd-Frank is an insufficient guarantor of financial stability.

Drawing on research from the world's most important economists, this volume tells a big picture story about the huge differences in the standard of living across time and across borders.

With its expanding economy and increasing military strength, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States in Asia and, in time, globally.

Melvin Lasky, who died on Wednesday aged 84, was the American editor of the magazine encounter from 1958 to 1990 when it played a central role in English cultural life. Once called as lively, and as bitchy, as a literary cocktail party, Encounter...