In January of this year, the number of manufacturing jobs increased by 50,000. Yet this vibrant sector is being held back—and not by imports.

Almost everything you hear at graduations - and read on the internet, and watch on television - focuses on the idea of work, especially entrepreneurship, as a means of self-expression and (to use the term from David Brooks) self-actualization.

Some of us called it the man-cession. In the deep recession that lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, many more men than women lost their jobs.

The House Democrats' victory Saturday on their health care reform package with only a single Republican supporter was a triumph of legislative maneuvering.

President Obama has missed an opportunity to live up to his promise to take the nation beyond the old battle lines over race.

Obama should regularly answer questions in Congress about the problems we face and the solutions he proposes.

While seeking to make college more affordable and accessible, the Obama administration has launched a worrisome but largely unnoticed assault upon the nation's publishers and the vibrant market in online learning.

The Obama administration has launched a furtive and worrisome effort that will entail Uncle Sam's becoming a provider of free community college courses.