I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.

This article examines global demographic trends to 2030, with a particular focus on projections for the world's major economies. All else held constant, ageing populations imply slower rates of economic development for Western Societies. However, a number of policy options are available to counteract the impact of demographic change.

Are teachers paid too much? It's a question that would ignite heated debate at the most mellow of cocktail parties. But it's a question that AEI took head-on this year.

Could it be that those who represent the isolationist impulse are not overwhelmingly popular? That Americans actually believe in all that 'empire for liberty' claptrap? Apparently.

In 2008, the "politics of hope" campaign trained volunteers to testify about how they "came to Obama" the way one talks of "coming to Jesus." Now they ask supporters to help build a digital enemies list. Which they'll do, of course. But not because they love him.

The Republican presidential debate Thursday night sponsored by Fox News and Google gave primary voters and caucusgoers at least one good reason to reject every candidate on the stage. The interesting question now is whether someone else will enter the race.

The conventional wisdom, especially in the US military, is that the IDF erred in several key areas during the Second Lebanon War. The wisdom that has coalesced in America around IDF operations comes from a superficial understanding of the IDF and of its performance in the two conflicts.

George W. Bush's ratings on the issue of Social Security reform are among the lowest of his presidency. There appear to be at least three reasons why.