Education leaders often act lazily, blaming union contracts and federal regulation rather than confronting the problems they have the capacity to solve.

All Washington wants is to continue doing what it has been doing since it became a maritime power: use its Navy to enhance international peace and security, deter conflict, reassure allies, and collect intelligence. LOST undercuts these strategic imperatives, and that is why it has always been a bad idea for the United States.

The F-35 stakes could hardly be higher for the United States. Despite the Pentagon’s budget woes, it cannot walk away from the Lightning.

Improved mortgage disclosure to consumers is an important goal everyone can agree on--especially in the wake of the subprime mortgage bust, in which many defaulting borrowers appear not to have understood the obligations they were undertaking. A good mortgage finance system requires that borrowers understand how the loan will work,...

American speech, like English speech, used to sparkle.

Few institutions of American power have borne greater burdens or faced greater challenges in the post-September 11 world than the United States Army. While the Pentagon leadership has long called for a smaller, lighter Army, the realities of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism have created an unprecedented crisis...

A good way out of strategic insolvency--a condition a country enters when it is not funding the commitments it has made--would be to properly resource the plans already put out by DOD. But troublingly, the Obama administration is not funding the capabilities the military says it needs to fulfill the missions assigned to it by its civilian masters.

The "Battle of the Generals" is really no battle at all.