For a brief moment after the inappropriate interjection of Rep. Joe Wilson, it looked as if cooler heads might prevail.

A sustainable American energy policy is one that dramatically increases domestic energy supplies while lowering energy prices and protecting the environment.

Since the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has grown fivefold--a rate unprecedented in American history. Is there an alternative to incarceration?

The real question hanging over all this is whether there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Chen’s release.

The United States must not surrender Sánchez de Lozada to the politically extreme Bolivian president Evo Morales.

We should not fear, or object to, the competition of foreign markets; in fact, we should welcome it. But we shouldn't impair our own ability to compete with needless and costly regulation.

Zimbabwe needs reinstatement of land rights and compensation to those robbed. Political reform isnecessary but not sufficient;private property rightsare crucialfor economic growth.