With the threat of a veto hanging over its head, the National Defense Authorization bill heads to the House floor today for debate. Among the provisions are several dealing with the question of a nuclear weapons armed Iran, and what the United States should do to avert a crisis, prepare to handle the threat, or eliminate the threat altogether.

Dear Mr. President, Your upcoming summit with President Vladimir Putin of Russia is an important opportunity to reinforce your stated commitment to promoting democratic freedoms and human rights around the world.

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President Obama attacked Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget as “nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism.” That is not surprising. What is surprising is that the chairman of a major committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a similar scathing attack against Ryan.

 Everybody knows that an important part of the unsolved problem of our uncompetitive tax system for businesses is the double taxation of corporate dividends.

The world is becoming increasingly scary at the very time that the military will be facing 20% reductions. With each passing day, the world closes in; with each passing day, our ability to manage that world degrades.

Those hoping for Social Security reform, including reforms based on individual savings accounts, should not make the same mistake again.

The open letter signed by economists to Ben Bernanke urging him to discontinue the second round of QE2 was criticized widely and passionately as an attempt to politicize the Fed.