While most providers maintain an optimistic mindset, the unevenness of parent participationin thesupplemental services program is causing significant anxiety among providers.

The world has certainly changed since 1989 (and 1848), but Marxism is far from dead.

While there might be symbolic appeal to the idea of China riding to Europe's rescue, the reality would be less romantic: a relatively poor country would be sending its savings to a collection of wealthy ones.

Lucianio Pellicani attempts to say that classical liberalism and Christianity are irreconcilable. However, a closer look at the founding documents shows that the founders believed liberalism and Christianity go hand in hand.

The chances of seeing a properly valued, revenue-neutral carbon tax are about as likely as the chances of seeing a unicorn-powered spaceship. The idea would cause nothing but misery. Here are a few reasons why:

Democratic districts received a lot more stimulus money than Republican districts and the districts of Democrats who were reelected in 2010 received even more money than districts of Democrats who were not. These patterns likely exist because more-powerful Democrats were able to capture more pork, and because pork spending helped candidates get reelected.

Iraq should begin considering what it will do if Iraqi President Jalal Talabani dies. If they start considerations now, the transition of power will be much smoother.

Prospective college students lack basic information about college costs and quality--and how they vary across institutions--on which to base their investment decisions. This lack of information handicaps the ability of students to be the savvy consumers that a well-functioning market requires, freeing poor-performing institutions to operate at will.