By THE AMERICAN
Will the Beijing Olympics ultimately help or hurt the cause of freedom in China? THE AMERICAN asked eight experts.
Why do the headquarters of state teachers’ unions tend to be so close to state capitol buildings?
If you stand on the steps of a state capitol building and throw a rock (with a really strong arm), the first building you can hit has a good chance of being the headquarters of the state ...
Six AEI economists discuss the current state of the U.S. economy and the possibility of a 2008 recession.
Is the U.S. economy in a recession? If it is, how long will it last—and how much will it hurt? Six American Enterprise Institute economists offered differing assessments at a panel discussion ...
No matter how our allies react to the Colombia spat, the politics of FTA passage may have been permanently changed.
Technically, it was only a small change in the internal rules of the House of Representatives. By a vote of 224 to 195, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership pushed ...
Absent a major Obama scandal, Clinton will trail in the delegate count in early June—and Obama will be the nominee.
Hillary Clinton can change her message, change her campaign manager, even change her hairstyle—but she can’t change the delegate math that makes it almost impossible for her to win the ...
With the financial world in turmoil, here’s a handy guide to the bursting of the housing market bubble.
Q. The term “bubble” is used frequently in discussing the housing market—did we have a bubble, and what does that really mean? A. Yes, we did. A “bubble” is created ...
New Delhi has a dodgy record on safeguarding intellectual property rights. Here’s how it could improve.
HYDERABAD, INDIA—Three years ago, as part of it accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), India passed laws to protect intellectual property rights. But as a current dispute shows, India ...
Despite some positive labor market reforms, its bloated welfare system and crushing tax burden remain entrenched.
In a country that has been ruled by the Social Democrats for 65 out of the past 76 years, opportunities for fundamental economic reform do not come often. It is for this reason that one has to regret ...
Is the ruling party of Prime Minister Erdoğan a threat to Turkish democracy? Five experts share their thoughts.
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought against the ruling Justice and Development Party (known by its Turkish acronym, “AKP”). This lawsuit would ban the ...
Despite what many people believe, professional sports venues typically do not spur large-scale economic activity.
The 2008 Major League Baseball season will be the last one played in Yankee Stadium. After 85 years, the most storied venue in American sports will be torn down. Starting in 2009, the New York ...
An ambitious new book explains how and why the U.S. is so different from other countries around the world.
“America is indeed exceptional by any plausible definition of the term and actually has grown increasingly exceptional [over] time.” This is the conclusion of the editors of a new volume, ...
The largest airline merger in history is likely to get bogged down in operational and personnel challenges.
“All things are lawful,” wrote St. Paul, “but not all things are profitable.” And so it is with the proposed merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. Although the ...
California takes pride in its environmental record. But according to Manhattan Institute scholar Max Schulz, ‘the Golden State’s energy leadership is a mirage’. . .
George Mason economist Bryan Caplan explains why he thinks a federal gas tax holiday might be ‘an idea worth supporting’ . . .
In Moscow, the restoration of Pashkov House is being viewed as a sign of Russia’s ‘cultural revival’ . . .
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, jobless claims dropped significantly last week . . .
The anti-ethanol coalition is growing. . .
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is worried that financial relationships between doctors and pharmaceutical firms will diminish sound science and compromise patient care. But the AAMC may be overreacting. . .
The Rasmussen Consumer Index reports that ‘married adults are slightly more optimistic on the state of the economy than non-married adults’. . .
As a percentage of per capita personal income, gas prices are ‘not even close’ to their historical high. . .
U.S. News & World Report’s James Pethokoukis lists ‘10 reasons to feel good about the economy’. . .
To mark World Youth Day this July, Pope Benedict will be going digital . . .
Former Kansas congressman Dan Glickman, who is now chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, hopes that his fellow Democrats will support the U.S.-Colombia free trade deal. . .
Humorist P.J. O’Rourke offers some unconventional graduation advice to the Class of 2008, including, ‘Go out and make a bunch of money!’. . .
According to AEI scholar Charles Murray, ‘the age of educational romanticism’ may be nearing its end. . .
The farm bill debate has fostered some unusual political alliances. . .
Food riots in Somalia have turned deadly. . .
The Houston Chronicle reports that during the 2008 campaign season, 71 percent of all political donations from Texas university professors have gone to ‘Democratic candidates or committees’. . .
The military dictator of Fiji ‘has threatened to “shut down” the country’s media if coverage of his government does not improve’. . .
As Mother’s Day approaches, Americans may not realize that ‘nearly 80 percent of the fresh flowers sold in the U.S. are imported’. . .
Does first-term Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants, represent ‘the future of the Republican Party’?
Berkshire Hathaway may invest in the Royal Bank of Scotland. . .
Thanks to ‘the skills revolution,’ says New York Times columnist David Brooks, ‘we’re moving into a more demanding cognitive age’. . .
A new book examines the 12 Supreme Court cases that were ‘the most damaging to our constitutional rights’. . .
Even Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs ‘is not totally immune to the credit crunch’. . .
Congressional Democrats are turning up the heat on credit card companies. . .
Has Japan ‘returned to its 1990s economic thinking’?