Anyone who seeks to provide serious national political leadership today--those elected in 2010 or who seek national office in 2012--owe Americans a plan to escape having to choose between investing in a social welfare state or a system in which our welfare state slowly collapses under its weight. We need tectonic changes, not minor fiddling.

When the G8 major economies convened at Camp David last weekend, the continuing crisis of the euro, common currency of 17 European Union (EU) members, dominated the economic discussions. The agonies of Greece, badly divided in recent parliamentary elections, and forced to vote again on 17 June, were at the forefront.

To prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and bring the country to the table for negotiations, the world must talk less about Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy and more about how the regime is wasting the people's resources.

China is looking for an extraterrestrial currency.

Charles Murray's humane vision has centered on the happiness of the people, from members of the underclass to men of genius.

Robert Earle's narrative conveys little evidence of serious planning or policymaking.

Is speaking English a fundamental tenet of being American?

For several years now, President Obama and his allies in the environmental movement have promised to usher in a green economy that will create millions of new green jobs that “can’t be outsourced.”