WASHINGTON — As congressional Democrats plotted their end-game strategy for health care reform, the question looming in their minds was: How do we reduce our risks in th...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, like many liberals, seems afflicted by Sixties Nostalgia Syndrome, a longing for the high drama and moral clarity of the...
Here's a question that's not being asked in the health care debate: How much medical care do we want in our lives? It's something we should be discussing.
Start with the...
The financial meltdown — triggered by incompetence, greed and outright fraud on Wall Street — has slammed the Sacramento, Calif., region like few other places in the cou...
If the No Child Left Behind Act is to be overhauled — and it should be — the new version should strip away the law's overly prescriptive notions of what constitutes impr...
April 1 is officially "Census Day" — no fooling!
Article I, Section 2, of the Constitution requires the populations of the various states to be enumerated every 10 years...
When was the last time the U.S. House was the scene of a race to save money?
Last Wednesday, Democratic leaders decreed that they will ban earmarks — special, under-the-...
WASHINGTON — As Democrats consider shoving health care reform through the House with a process known as "deem and pass," it is helpful to return to square one and ask: W...
Want to know how well President Obama is doing on education reform? Check out who's angry with him.
The president infuriated teachers nationwide by endorsing a Rhode Isl...
The most important member of Congress this month may be a man you've never heard of: Jason Altmire, a painfully earnest former hospital executive from near Pittsburgh.
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