The financial regulatory reform bill proposed by Senator Chris Dodd has numerous worrisome aspects, including a $50 billion bailout fund.

While Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself. Some new approach is needed, and Obama did little to point the way. El Paso was all about election 2012, not serious immigration reform.

Republicans may find it difficult to convert the increasing unease with Democratic policies into Republican (or Conservative) victories across the board.

Is housework "deeply alienating"? How do American families feel about it?

Microsoft is a classic example of a good monopoly: a firm that has gained monopoly power not through merger or collusion, but business skill and acumen in creating a superior product.

In de-moralizing social policy--divorcing it from any moral criteria, requirements, or expectations--we have demoralized, in the more familiar sense, society as a whole.