The House Democrats' victory Saturday on their health care reform package with only a single Republican supporter was a triumph of legislative maneuvering.

Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the long Democratic primary season has given the party institutional, administrative, and financial advantages in the general election.

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On November 5, 2007 the four U.S. bank...

U.S. military training missions are an economical way to promote security and good governance and to support our friends and allies and prepare them to tackle these problems on their own, as well as help other countries in the region. 

The deregulation plan advanced for the banking industry was part of the U.S. Treasury's contribution to the implementation of President Ronald Reagan's philosophy.

President Barack Obama has been on a tour of college campuses touting proposals to lower student loan repayments for college graduates. He hopes to rekindle the enthusiasm of young voters, who in 2008 favored him over Sen. John McCain by more than two-to-one.

Ironically, these same young Americans...

The American economy is experiencing a crisis in long-term unemployment that has enormous human and economic costs.