The recent improvement in payrolls and the unemployment rate are welcome news, but the plight of the long-term unemployed in the United States is considerable. The policies that have been executed since mid-2008 to foster an economic recovery have failed to deliver measurable results, and those most hurt by the current downturn are often the long-term unemployed.

If pursued skillfully, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has the potential to reconfigure Asian trade in a way that would be beneficial to the United States and to the Asia-Pacific region.

The European nations meeting this week must ensure that a new generation, and all future generations, are able to rediscover the facts of the Holocaust for themselves.

Colorado"s Amendment 41 and the national Real ID Act are two examples of sloppy legislative drafting and a lack of appropriate deliberation.

Review of The Shackled Continent by Robert Guest.

Congress should act quickly to reform the consolidation program. Doing anything less is the fiscal policy equivalent of Russian roulette.

In defiance of recent court decisions, the FDA still regulates food labels in a way that prevents most consumers from knowing the key benefits of better nutrition.