The annual Social Security Trustees Report, released on Monday, confirms that the program is significantly underfunded. After decades of delay, Congress and the next president will need to take steps to restore Social Security's finances and improve Americans' retirement income security. Although it might seem counterintuitive, one positive step toward...

The best way to solve the housing market crisis is to increase demand for unsold houses.

In "It’s Even Worse Than It Looks," congressional scholars Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of AEI identify two overriding problems that have led Congress — and the United States — to the brink of institutional collapse. Mann and Ornstein call on the media as well as the public at large to focus on the true causes of dysfunction.

A concrete plan to rebuild the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that promises efficiency and results, not greater burdens on Minnesota's taxpayers.

I'm optimistic. New Orleans has a unique chance to make a fresh start and, in fact, become more like cities that do workwhile retaining its spirit of mystery,beauty, and decadence.

We should judge the success or failure of an Arab democracy by the number of Iraqis who vote with their feet to return to their country to take important roles in reconstructing it as a peaceful, liberal, and democratic society.

The recent democratization of Central Europe helps show how Iraq can shed its autocratic Ba'ath party legacy.

How does Japan begin to rebuild? What are the long-term strategic implications of the disaster for the US-Japan alliance? At this AEI event, an expert panel will address these and other questions.