If we had a high speed computing system and we had an ability to have very high speed access, I think we could design a system where we would have found those two people, they would have been stopped at Logan and we would have had a very significant understanding of what was going on.

The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of “peace” in modern times.

The deeper problem is that no version of a fiscal union can save Europe or the euro. The principal authority for this proposition is Alexander Hamilton.

Crossborder sales, through the Internet or other channels, are commonly taxed on the basis of their destination, not the country or state of their origin. This structure is uniformly acknowledged as terribly complex, burdensome, and inefficient. Sales and purchase decisions are distorted by the tax advantage enjoyed by crossborder...

This AEI event will discuss the battle over greenhouse gas control bills. What are the cost implications? Are they likely to be effective?

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.

Will the Obama administration's Race to the Top (RTT) program initiate a self-sustaining cycle of education reform in states? Will states deliver on their promised reforms?

A recent report released by the British House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs warns that the economic basis of climate science and policy deserves a more detailed look. The report, entitled “The Economics of Climate Change,” questions the accuracy of long-range emissions projections and doubts that the costs...