All Washington wants is to continue doing what it has been doing since it became a maritime power: use its Navy to enhance international peace and security, deter conflict, reassure allies, and collect intelligence. LOST undercuts these strategic imperatives, and that is why it has always been a bad idea for the United States.

The Laffer Curve—the conceptual device illustrating how high marginal tax rates reduced revenue and economic growth—helped revolutionize tax policy around the world thirty five years ago. Today we need a new Laffer Curve—for regulation.  

Cap-and-trade is an inappropriate policy tool for the control of greenhouse gases that will cause significant economic harm with little or no environmental benefit.

In both the nitrogen oxide and mercury rules,Maryland shouldconsider using auctions as a means of raising revenue to reduce economically harmful tax rates.

In both the nitrogen oxide and mercury rules, the Environmental Protection Agency is correctly leaving permit allocation decisions to the states.

It is important that the EPA maintaina federalist approach of state flexibility and that the states consider using auctions as a means to raise targeted revenues.

While there may not be many viable options to stop oil from spilling into the Gulf, there are obvious actions that can be taken to improve cleanup efforts, but the Obama administration is resisting these remedies.

The Nation's Sputtering air pollution policies may soon receive a major overhaul.