Voters on the left coast have had their fling with the politics of hope and change—and ended up disappointed. As Arnold goes, so might go Barack. By Bill Whalen.

A decent education doesn’t merely confer good grades. It confers the ability to understand complex social issues—the health care battle, for instance. By Chester E. Finn Jr.

The administration promised that every dollar of federal spending would produce more than a dollar of economic growth. Look at the data—it hasn’t worked out that way. By Robert J. Barro and Charles J. Redlick.

Two dissimilar economic paths