Tomorrow, the Pentagon will begin to reveal plans to cut $500 billion over the next ten years. In a new report and a Wall Street Journal op-ed, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) defense expert Mackenzie Eaglen explains that:

As the United States continues its defense cuts—even as U.S. forces are still in harm’s way around the world in places like Afghanistan—many in Washington and across America are scratching their heads, wondering why this is a problem.

How do civil society organizations operate in the authoritarian environment of Vladimir Putin’s “sovereign democracy?”  To what extent are they able to further their causes despite pervasive corruption and the rule of courts that take their cues from the Kremlin?

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.

It's tempting to call the shameful taxpayer subsidy for electric cars - vehicles that are unaffordable for all but a small number of wealthy Americans - this nation's costly little secret.

Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.

Making children spend more time in school is not necessarily proven to generate better results.

More money. More teachers. More time. The oldest recipe for school improvement is "more."