If Ryan ran, he would probably drive the other candidates further away from his own plan while forcing them to come up with serious alternatives of their own. If he got the nomination, many think he would clean Obama's clock in the debates.

Perceptions of uncertain future events like credit safety or credit risk are inherently subjective and highly influenced by the views of all the others who are doing what you are doing.

Obama's policies are jeopardizing not only our national security and economy, but our constitutional sovereignty too. That is why I have been considering running for President. The Republican Party must nominate a leader who, unlike Obama, understands instinctively that America's liberty, prosperity and national security are inextricably linked.

Austerity measures in Europe have been the topic of a heated and mostly confused debate in the economic world. During the May summit of the leading industrial nations at Camp David, German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders pushed for continued European austerity. Keynesian critics argue that these policies destroy economic growth.

The conclusion I draw from Walmart v. Dukes is that Ginsburg thinks the only fair way to run a large organization is the way government runs civil service. Anyone with experience in the real world can tell you that an organization run this way wouldn't be as efficient or do as good a job of satisfying consumers' wants.

Hope springs eternal among policy makers in Europe’s beleaguered periphery. At five minutes to midnight in Athens, and with a bank run having started in Madrid, these policy makers cling to the forlorn hope that somehow Germany is going to relent on its strong opposition to euro bonds.

Already two of the best-known GOP candidates seem bent on ruling themselves out of contention. The party he seeks to lead is already committed to ideas that are apparently contrary to his. Republicans this year are looking for someone to reverse the Obama Democrats' vast increase in the size and scope of government.

Mubarak cannot stay in office until the September elections; Egypt needs a transitional government until that time.