Taxing a mere 0.3 percent of the population is not a sustainable way to pay for health care reform.

The overwhelming success of the Mega Millions enterprise makes it an irresistible target for something more — a way to transform American elections and along the way reduce our deep political dysfunction.

According to Sen. McConnell, Republicans would not have to vote to raise the debt limit, which could be interpreted by some of their constituents as a vote to increase the size of government. Instead, they would vote to NOT raise the debt limit and the President would veto the resolution.

It's not really economics. I think everyone understood what the president was doing--it was politics. He wants to increase taxes to support higher spending. I think that's probably the wrong approach.

The House health care bill offers easy-to-score budget cuts instead of the smarter purchasing and smarter medical practice we need.

Millions of voters will head to the polls this week for the first phase of what are often called India's second-most important elections -- for a new government in Uttar Pradesh, the country's largest state and home to about one in six of its 1.2 billion citizens. In the drama of Indian democracy, UP has always played a starring role.

Two-and-a-half years after its glitzy launch, a car that was meant to revolutionize personal transport in India--and perhaps all of Asia--remains stuck in first gear.

Legislators would like to provide generous, gold-plated health insurance coverage to almost all Americans, but no one wants to pay for it.