The Kamdesh attacks echo a similar siege with similar results about a year ago in the village of Wanat, which provoked multiple U.S. military investigations and has been the subject of several extended media reports.

Developing new, effective drugs is staggeringly expensive, and the high prices of certain drugs on the market are directly related to this initial investment, according to a new AEI Press book.

Corporationsmust respond quickly anddecisively when their brands come under attack.

Democrats complained about difficulties that President Clinton faced in confirming judges; now Republicans are complaining about the delays faced by President George W.Bush.

For many years, community financial institutions have been denied fair and equal access to the secondary market. Banks prosper by making prudent loans with an adequate return and maintaining a reasonable cost structure. Today 97 percent of our banks are community banks and they are increasingly finding this business model under siege.

Contemporary feminism routinely depicts American society as a dangerous patriarchy in which women are under siege.

Marina Ottaway argues that to stabilize Iraq,America should negotiate with the insurgents. Rather than a recipe for peace, Ottaway is proposing a prescription for war.