When embarking on a project, government officials should examine all options to ensure that they will be making the best use of taxpayers’ dollars now and for the longer...
WASHINGTON — Are we finally controlling health spending? Few issues loom larger in the economic outlook. For years, spiraling health costs — mainly for Medicare and Medi...
During his two terms as a Republican senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel certainly distinguished himself as an outspoken, independent thinker. Instead of relying on parti...
Pennsylvania Lottery employees have made the argument that, if allowed to manage an expanded lottery program like a private company is now proposing, they could achieve ...
WASHINGTON — One fateful question for 2013 is this: What happens to globalization? For decades, growing volumes of cross-border trade and money flows have fueled strong ...
With the fiscal cliff surmounted, at least temporarily, a new Congress sworn in and Republicans licking their self-inflicted wounds, it is tempting to theorize that a ne...
With the nation mired in growing budget deficits and a massive national debt, it shouldn’t have to waste money on programs and policies geared toward helping people redu...
The University of Notre Dame has a lot to be proud of. In the last U.S. News and World Report listing, it ranked 17th among national universities. Its law school is rank...
Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives.
On paper, he’s the most powerful Republican in the land. In pr...
Friday, the Labor Department reported the economy added 155,000 jobs in December — substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment down to acceptable levels.
The ...
