I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.

Most of Americans believe that all should start at more or less the same place with more or less the same opportunities to succeed and that government should protect the returns for hard work yet they are marginalized by a 30 percent coalition that effectively wants the government to penalize success.

Despite efforts to exploit a gender gap in support for President Obama's health care law, it turns out some moms are raising their concerns over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with Cafe Mom, the online meeting place for moms

Ayaan Hirsi Ali reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and its relevance for women in Islamic societies.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist Aparna Mathur explains that the way to promote income equality is to lower corporate taxes.

Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

With Europe collapsing, China stumbling, and India and Brazil retreating from full free market reform, we’re the last stable, pro-growth economy left.  

The liberal critics of Republicans want the GOP to behave itself and go back to the good old days best described by Eugene McCarthy’s quip that the chief purpose of moderate Republicans is to shoot the wounded after the battle is over. No thanks.