Mayoral control of school districts is no quick fix or panacea. Butif pursued thoughtfully, it can invigorate school improvement.

Health care policy and health care reform are back in the news in a big way. The Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care overhaul. The Obama administration has just released guidelines for the operation of the state-based insurance exchanges that are the backbone of the law.

European capital markets are becoming increasingly integrated as a result recent reforms.

Fears of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Egypt are ill founded.

When we empower bureaucrats to make huge personal decisions for us, it becomes impossible to avoid trampling on liberty.

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What do the first hundred days tell us about the future of the 112th Congress? This question will be discussed by a panel of seasoned operatives, including former congressmen Vic Fazio, a Democrat, and Vin Weber, a Republican; Janet Hook of the Wall Street Journal; and Norman J. Ornstein of AEI.

Libya, with no history of unity across its tribes and no record of democracy or legitimate government by self-rule, may well flounder and be the scene of a new dictator, a fundamentalist takeover or anarchy. But this has played out in a way that gives a great chance of success, at a lower cost to the United States, than anyone might have imagined.