In 1984, Mario Cuomo pioneered the argument that one may be "personally opposed" to abortion while supporting abortion rights. Ever since, this convenient locution has become a staple for countless Democratic politicians, particularly Roman Catholic ones.

If education philanthropists want to influence policy, then they must open themselves to more public debate about their  plans and goals.

This article is the first part of a two-part examination of the contentious issue of how state governments' provision of goods and services to the public should be taxed under a VAT.

Leadership is a wonderful thing, but it is truly found when it is tested, and on that count malaria leadership has failed.

The problem is that–as is plain to see – the Obama administration is not planning what Clinton describes as a strategic "pivot" from the Middle East to the Asia Pacific. It’s just retreating from the Middle East and reducing the U.S. military.

Joesph Antos' statement on premium support for Medicare before the House Committee on Ways and Means' Subcommittee on Health

With hindsight, perhaps Cameron’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya to prevent a humanitarian disaster and remove Muammar Gaddafi’s regime should not have been a surprise to anyone.

If one wishes to capture the fundamental aspect of the cultural friendship between the two economists Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) and Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966), it’s important to refer to what Einaudi wrote about the German economic miracle and the Röpkianan doctrine of the social market economy.Einaudi wrote that the...