Samuel Thernstrom testifies at a congressional hearing on the EPA's response to air quality issues in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

Arthur C. Brooks was a Seattle-born liberal, but today he is president of the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right economic think tank in Washington, D.C.Brooks sees two competing visions for America’s future. To him, our excessive government spending and regulations have pushed us near a tipping point,...

Since when do elected officials get to decide that they are “done compromising,” as the president’s chief of staff asserted?

Two years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, and on the 212th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, America's resolve is again being tested. From the early days of the republic, America has weathered periods of crisis that have tested its fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law....

On December 17, judges, government officials, and law professors debated the controversy surrounding the detainment and prosecutiong of suspected terrorists.

Two years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, political leaders and the nation are still divided and uncertain about how to reform the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities. The expanded powers of the FBI and the Justice Department-for expanded surveillance, investigation, and detention under the Patriot Act-have been perceived...

From the public outcry over the Bush administration's measures to combat terrorism, one might suppose that America is well on the way to becoming a police state.

Concern about civil liberties for the average American has risen sharply over the last decade since the 9/11 attacks. But Americans want government to err on the side of protecting them against possible terrorist attacks.