Policymakers frequently do not want to recognize problems, especially when there is little that they can do to address them. There is no question that if European countries start defaulting the US economy would be seriously impacted because of the US financial system's large exposure to the European banking system.

Are law schools discriminating in their admissions policies or just picking the most qualified candidates?

Alarmists have been crying wolf about water wars for years, but like many green exaggerations they have a kernel of truth.

With just over half of the Republican contests completed, the March edition of AEI’s Political Report takes a close look at the entrance and exit poll results from the 17 states for which data are available.

If the administration is serious about properly resourcing an American military emphasis in the Pacific while not taking our eye off the ball everywhere else, the president must send over a budget that proposes to reverse the decline of the Navy’s size, fleet, and readiness. Anything less should be called out for what it really is: a strategy that says one thing and a budget that does another.

The March edition of the Political Report features an exclusive compilation of all the entrance and exit polls from previous primaries by AEI public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg.

One constant factor in the 14 contests with exit polls is that Mitt Romney has tended to run best among high-income and high-education voters. His leading opponents -- Newt Gingrich in South Carolina and Georgia, Ron Paul in Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia, and Rick Santorum everywhere else -- have run best among low-income and low-education voters.

Successfully translating scientific discoveries requires a sense of urgency, which some disease foundations seem to have, and many big pharmas appear to need. Patients waiting expectantly for medical research to produce important new cures are finding bad news almost everywhere they turn.