The story of "Good Neighbor Sam" represents America's fiscal plight, which is in a much more dire situation.

By avoiding simple mistakes, investing political capital in trade, and getting serious about security challenges, Obama could be off to a promising start in the Western Hemisphere.

How do we make sense of the parable of the Good Samaritan two thousand years after it was first taught?

As critics see it, the loss of our common culture is a result not of cultural changes but of shifts in policy and the economy. There are two problems with this line of argument.

I am deeply moved and honored more than I can say by this award from my esteemed colleagues and friends at AEI, and especially because of its association with the name and memory of Irving Kristol, a man for all seasons. Irving Kristol was my teacher, editor, mentor, patron, and...

President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's new defense strategy is a “declinist” strategy for an administration all too willing to accept the waning of American hard power and influence in the world.

Most of the exchanges rested on the ideological debate over how much attention -- and corresponding funds -- should be paid to crises abroad while economic troubles at home remain paramount from voter polls to Capitol Hill.

The Keystone pipeline would create 20,000 American jobs and nearly 120,000 indirect jobs as well as increase revenues for state and local governments along its route. It would be senseless to forfeit such a huge economic stimulus with guaranteed job creation and an estimated $20 billion in revenue at a time when 25 million Americans are looking for work.