For the last couple of years—ever since the nation’s governors and state superintendents started working on common academic standards in reading and math—conservative education analysts have engaged in a spirited but polite debate about the wisdom of this development...
This week's discussion on the economic impact of democratic change in the Middle East reminds me of the upheaval that transformed Poland from a centrally planned economy to a capitalist one two decades ago...
In this Bloomberg Echoes post, I argue that the United States should do whatever it can to promote economic freedom in the post-Jasmine Revolution Middle East and North Africa, and strongly support economic leaders who are committed to creating a private market economy...
In this morning’s Washington Post, political analyst Dan Balz interprets the Democrats’ victory in the 26th New York Congressional District as being a direct result of Republican overreach on Medicare reform...
Perhaps feeling neglected as an uncompetitive “blue” state, or simply unable to get over the whole “selected, not elected” thing, California’s lawmakers seem determined to shake up future presidential elections...
