Pakistan's floods have worsened well beyond the capacity of the government to react and the Taliban and Islamist extremists are aiming to capitalize on the publicity that the relief effort is receiving.

For democracy to take root, the Zardari government must be allowed to complete its five-year term.

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Economic events in recent months have underscored the large role that the federal government plays as both an explicit and implicit insurer of a wide range of economic activities. For everything from terrorism, crops, floods, and natural catastrophes, to...

The country could save $100 billion or more over 10 years by reducing farm subsidies without endangering struggling farmers or affecting food production.

Do public insurance programs improve social welfare? Or does government intervention risk moral hazard and result in inefficient programs that would be better handled by the private sector?

While flooding is a fact of life, studies show that humans are poor at evaluating the risk of flooding and insuring themselves against potential losses.

Has one of our two major parties ever had a weaker field of presidential candidates in a year when its prospects for victory seemed so great? My answer, after hemming and hawing a bit, was yes: the Democratic party in 1932. 

Medicare should not be off-limits in the debate about the debt ceiling. Government promises regarding Medicare cannot be kept and it is time for Congress to find a solution.