The great thing about fiscal policy is that it has a direct impact and doesn't require you to bind the hands of future policymakers.

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.

So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity of labor demanded, and hence leads to unemployment.

One way in which Americans have always been exceptional has been in our support for education. First we took the lead in universal primary education; then the “high school movement” made us the first nation to embrace widespread secondary education.

As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.

The Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.

A message to progressives: By all means, hang Senator Joe Lieberman in effigy.