As Congress looks for ways to balance the budget and reduce the national debt, large cuts to their own compensation should be given serious consideration.

Despite an unbroken record of failed efforts to usher in a utopian “green” economy, proponents of the great green future are undaunted.

In the next American Enterprise Debate, Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, will argue that the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is an effective bulwark against tax increases. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat will counter with his claim that the tax pledge has created political gridlock that threatens to derail serious tax reform and deficit reduction.

Dodd-Frank overall is a poorly drafted statute that drastically expands the power of the federal government, creates new bureaucracies staffed with thousands, and does little to help the struggling American citizen.

Washington D.C. can be a leader in public pension accounting reform and provide an example for municipal plans across the country-some of which are in dire condition-of how such reforms can serve to guarantee a stable pension system for municipal workers.

Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

On the heel of the recent JP Morgan fiasco, American Enterprise Economist John Makin makes the case for how Dodd-Frank is an insufficient guarantor of financial stability.