More than 7,000 people die each year in the United States as a direct result of the faulty system established to procure organs for transplants. Despite the success of transplant technology, the number of patients on waiting lists has continued to grow.

These...

More than 7,000 people die each year in the United States as a direct result of the faulty system established to procure organs for transplants. Despite the success of transplant technology, the number of patients on waiting lists has continued to grow.

These...

David L. Kaserman and A. H. Barnett isolate the procurement issue from all others and make a compelling and persuasive case for markets in cadaveric organs.

Experts make acompelling and persuasive case for markets in human organs.

There's a lot to deplore about President Obama's proposed military drawdown, but here's a possible silver lining: It may finally force the Pentagon to stop buying weapons and equipment in the wasteful way it has since the 1960s.

"Concurrency" in defense programs–that is, overlapping development and production of weapons systems–has long been a controversial Pentagon practice. Now the Obama Pentagon is threatening to rewrite the procurement rules in a way that would make it extremely difficult to have the option of concurrent development and production.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates leaves office this month as widely respected as any public figure in America today, appreciated for his willingness to return to public service at a moment of high danger in Iraq and to faithfully serve presidents of both parties.

The world is becoming increasingly scary at the very time that the military will be facing 20% reductions. With each passing day, the world closes in; with each passing day, our ability to manage that world degrades.