There are solid ways to move forward with high-speed rail in the United States, but a new line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is not among them.

Discussion of auftragstaktik--which was constantly open and lively during the years from Vietnam to Desert Storm--has largely been set aside in the post-9/11 era.

The co-chairmen of President Obama's fiscal commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, have shown that the welfare-state entitlements designated in America's tax code weaken both the efficiency and fairness of the tax system.

Observing Bioethics chronicles the growth of bioethics as a profession through a combination of interviews with major figures in the field and personal observations by the authors.

In the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder the Supreme Court declined to decide on a radical provision in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

Michela Wrong's new book highlights a key problem: corruption can undermine democracy.

Equity feminism is a great American success story.