Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum caused a stir last month when he labeled college campuses "indoctrination mills" that enforce a strict adherence to "politically correct left doctrine." For conservatives, Mr. Santorum might as well have called the sky blue. But from the way liberal pundits pounced on his remarks, you'd think he had said something profoundly indecent.

The primary difficulties of Liberia's remote Maryland County relate to a lack of jobs.

Africa can best hedge against inherent risks with Chinaby working to enhance its relations with other rising powers in the developing world.

The U.S. plan to establish a dedicated Africa Command has sparked suspicion on the continent. Both the United States and African countries need to revise the proposal.

The U.S. military's new African Command can only serve Africa as a genuinely transformationalist institution.

Sponsored by AEI's Program on American Citizenship, Frederick M. Hess, AEI's director of education policy studies; Meira Levinson, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and David E. Campbell, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, have commissioned leading researchers and scholars to explore the issues of citizenship and schooling by looking at domestic and international data, teacher training, and schools and classrooms.

Energy is back at the top of the news again. Rising oil prices, a recent national commission recommending new policies, a gridlocked energy bill on Capitol Hill, and the continuing controversy over climate change have generated a new round of hand-wringing over energy policy not seen since the 1970s....

Social Security's retirement age should not be increased for anyone on the verge of retirement, but there's a good case for doing so over coming decades, as the Baby Boomers retire and the population ages.