Momentum on reducing the deficit is building in Washington as Congress and the White House consider reform to benefit entitlements.

In this era of constrained resources, how can schools cut costs, eliminate inefficient spending, and fuel school improvement?

Is the Federal Housing Finance Board's newest regulation a wise one?

Joel Schwartz submitted comments to EPA on the agency’s proposal to lower the 24-hour PM2.5 standard from 65 mg/u3 to 35 mg/u3.

Which politicians do you trust more to micromanage your health care: federal or state? That’s the false choice presented by two versions of “federalism” intended to divide responsibility for health policy between the national government and the states.

Either the Navy is retiring these ships too early or its lifecycle estimates are hopelessly optimistic. But service leaders cannot have it both ways. Similarly, the administration cannot realistically “pivot” to Asia—a region defined by the “tyranny of distance”—and cut the fleet at the same time.

When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...

Political dysfunction. Partisanship at record levels. Attack politics run amok. And public approval of Congress scraping the single digits (Sen. John McCain is fond of saying it's down to blood rlatives and paid staff).