Newt Gingrich wants to pay poor kids to clean toilets. And all of the right people are horrified.

Lessons for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program's participation requirements.

The American mission in Iraq must succeed. Our goal--promoting a stable, accountable democracy in the heart of the Middle East--cannot be achieved by purely military means.

The Clinton administration has begun to weaken the welfare reform law that alienated many of its supporters.

With the landmark 1996 welfare reform law up for reauthorization this year, both Republicans and Democrats are taking credit for the astounding fall in welfare rolls.

The president and his congressional allies are on the verge of reshaping the welfare law in the image of his original bill.

The president's rhetoric has moved the welfare debate sharply to the right, undercutting liberal and moderate support for the status quo.

Welfare caseloads have fallen sharply, and the percentage of single mothers working has risen dramatically.