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I have chosen to discuss Iraq in part because there are over 150,000 Americans serving there in the military, as well as U.S. civilians:…

Things have never been as good for India as they appear to be today. Its economy has grown by nearly 6 percent annually for the past…

One million children pushed into poverty: That was the prediction of a widely cited study on the likely effect of welfare reform, released just…

At the end of World War II, the United States found itself in a situation of unprecedented power. The economy of the former hegemonic state…

This year, a group of international terrorists announced its intention to affect an election with the goal of replacing a government that…

The addition of prescription-drug coverage to Medicare is the first substantial expansion of benefits since the program was enacted nearly 40…

In any given month last year, 43 million Americans—17 percent of people under age 65—lacked either private health insurance or public…

For more than 50 years, the transatlantic partnership between the United States and Europe has been the linchpin of this country’s foreign…

At the time of the last presidential election campaign, four years ago, the government was running a sizable budget surplus. That surplus…

The many corporate scandals of the past two years have highlighted the importance of effective corporate governance. Cases that are by now…

As the United States was preparing to launch a war to counter Saddam Hussein’s chemical and biological weapons ambitions, a far greater disaster…

Humberto started to pace back and forth across the floor of the cinder-block home, cradling his son in his arms. There had to be a story. In…

American universities face exceptional opportunities and exceptional risks. Their research is needed more than ever, now that new scientific…

In June 2001, President George W. Bush signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act into law, initiating a 10-year program…

Only a year and a week separated the events of September 11, 2001, when Americans felt so vulnerable, from a presidential declaration in which…