First, fix the bureaucracy, then the real debate over secretive U.S. military operations can begin.

For grant-winners whose studies will involve human volunteers, another big hurdle remains: federal ethics regulations.

Preventing fraud is good; but saving lives and promoting effective local AIDS programs is better.

The response to the duct-tape press conference reminds us of the potential for bureaucratic rivalry between departments to bias judgments about the balance between two fronts.

If there is one success story since 9/11, it has been the efforts to combat terror finance. If military action is sometimes akin to conducting surgery with an axe, efforts to dry up sources of funding are like wielding a scalpel.

Obama’s decision to block the building of the Keystone pipeline on the grounds that the Congress — in a bipartisan vote — didn’t give the bureaucrats enough time to study the issue is akin to Leslie Groves accepting that he couldn’t have his silver because he failed to ask for it in troy ounces.

Many "shovel-ready" projects are still tied up in administrative red tape. It is clear that the stimulus bill has done little thus far to help get workers back to work.

Today with GDP growth slowing, the rupee softening and the stock market in a funk, it's time to reassess Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's record.