Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Year in and year out, there is a new international assessment showing that American students lag behind their international peers in math and science. While some gains have been made, we still have not seen the transformative change that is necessary.

The inherent conflict of science and politics will be the subject of the second-annual "Bloody Crossroads" conference at AEI.

The political rhetoric surrounding embryonic stem-cell science reveals a widespread misconception of how medical products are created.

Senators will be given a chance this week toincrease funding for alternative sources. They should not miss thispromising opportunity for scientific and ethical statesmanship.

Even as critics complain that the Bush administration has limited stem cell research, state and private funding of such research goes forward.

As scientists around the world race to explore the potential of stem cells, the regulatory and research funding picture has become increasingly complex. Critics believe the limitations posed by the U.S. federal stem cell policy have put a damper on public and private research. Other countries are setting up research...