What if we knew how to reduce by half the number of Americans dependent on welfare? What if we could — at the same time — significantly reduce poverty among children and...
Politicians haven’t always been allergic to gun control, not even Republicans.
In 1968, after the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther Ki...
All along, I’ve felt Barack Obama would be a two-term president. He’s a cultural phenomenon who reflects America’s exciting, growing diversity, and presidents representi...
Entering adulthood used to be like wading into a gently sloping lake. You got your feet wet with a degree or job. Then maybe you found an apartment, and eventually a lif...
WASHINGTON — Call it the $12 trillion misunderstanding. It ranks among the biggest forecasting errors ever.
Back in 2001, the Congressional Budget Office projected feder...
I wish to return “hope and change” to the Obama, Inc., Returns Department.
It has done the opposite of what the warranty implied, and I think it might be broken and beyo...
Murders — especially random mass murders — are frightening. And when we’re frightened, we look for explanations that will restore some sense of safety to the world. That...
There was a time early on in the Internet revolution when it made sense to give fledgling online retailers a break — and they got a big one: Unlike their brick-and-morta...
Anything that makes it more difficult for people to vote in this democracy is wrong.
Unfortunately, it’s nothing new.
Go back to Reconstruction and you will find plenty ...
The decision by Russia and China to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on the brutal regime in Syria is, at most, a hollow victory for President...
