The American Enterprise Institute's Council of Academic Advisers honors Leon R. Kass, recipient of the Institute's 2012 Irving Kristol Award. The Irving Kristol Award is presented to an individual who has made extraordinary intellectual or practical contributions to improved government policy, social welfare, or...

This was the worst jobs report since last October. The economy added 120,000 jobs in March, about half the pace of the previous three months.

"Given the disappointing March numbers, it is unlikely that this month's report will show a huge improvement. It is likely that the economy will add 120,000-140,000 jobs--small numbers that suggest protracted periods of sluggish growth still lie ahead of us." Aparna Mathur, AEI

Sir, Gillian Tett is distorting history by understatement ("The banks that politicians can be seen to embrace", February 18). She writes: "During the savings and loans crisis of the 1980s dozens of small banks collapsed." Dozens? Between 1982 and...

The April issue of AEI’s Political Report covers polls on the presidential contest, environmental and energy issues, and world affairs.

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Is it panic time at Obama headquarters in Chicago? You might get that impression from watching events -- and the polls -- over the past few weeks.

Facebook Inc. took a momentous action last week. And I don’t mean its announced intention to sell shares for $28 to $35 in an initial public offering later this month.

For Barack Obama’s supporters on the left, to say his policy choices have been a disappointment would be an understatement. Explaining how this came about is Jack Goldsmith’s provocative new book.