Whether or not the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) proves to be constitutionally valid, it is based on mistaken premises, faulty economic analysis, short-sighted politics, and seriously flawed health policy.

Many predict calamity for the housing market without government mortgage guarantees, but Federal Reserve data tell a different story. The data should have a profound effect on the question of whether to replace Fannie and Freddie with another government-backed system.

As Congress prepares to debate how to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, those in politics and real estate who support a government-backed housing finance system are predicting calamity.

The Paycheck Fairness Act looks like common sense, but instead of helping women it will hurt all workers. The legislation, built on 30 years of spurious advocacy research, will impose unnecessary and onerous requirements on employers.

On the national, state, and local levels, a public health insurance is not needed to stimulate competition.

The administration's proposal for regulating the credit default swaps market is unlikely to reduce systemic risk, and may in fact increase it.

American voters have turned a racial corner, and the law should reflect this change.

American voters have turned a racial corner, and the law should reflect this change.