In "It’s Even Worse Than It Looks," congressional scholars Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of AEI identify two overriding problems that have led Congress — and the United States — to the brink of institutional collapse. Mann and Ornstein call on the media as well as the public at large to focus on the true causes of dysfunction.

AEI defense expert Mackenzie Eaglen testifies before the oversight subcomittee of the House Armed Services Committee about how the US Navy's shipbuilding plan will critically downsize the size of the Navy at the same time that the demands on it are growing.

A university is more than the sum of its ethnic parts. It is comprised of individuals — black, white, Hispanic, Asian and others — who should be admitted or rejected without their race or ethnic heritage making any difference.

In 2006, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved Proposal 2, ending state-sponsored discrimination via race-based preferences in college admissions, hiring, and contracting. But a recent federal court ruling has temporarily overturned the will of Michigan voters, opening the door for affirmative action's return to Michigan.

When President Obama unveiled his new strategic guidance in January, highlighted by a pivot to Asia, many assumed (incorrectly) that the Navy and Air Force would reap the benefits. But if the president's own 2013 defense budget request did not make it clear to policymakers already, the release of the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan confirms this is a pivot in name only.

Recent research points to a shift in recruiting behavior by employers as an important factor in the distressing U.S. jobs situation. Employers have influenced the pace of job filling by the intensity of their recruiting efforts.

On these quite intensive days for Government and the Parliament we deem it relevant and appropriate to reflect upon the issue of competition. This word has been frequently abused and idolized as the goal of any market process instead of being considered an instrument, a process regulated for the benefit...

With state budgets under considerable strain, the time has come for the federal government to take a hard look at the capacities of state education agencies to fulfill progressive education mandates.