As the clock winds down for the lame-duck session of Congress, a lot of attention is focused on tax issues affecting high-income people. But time is also running out on one provision -- facing expiration -- that can help anyone, plus make America more competitive. It's a key that can...

There's been a lot of noise generated recently by the new enforcement law in Arizona. At the same time -- coincidentally, actually -- debate over immigration reform has resumed in earnest on Capitol Hill, and Congress seems poised to consider that issue again.

If that's true, maybe this time we...

Newsweek's April 19 cover story "America's Back! The Remarkable Tale of our Economic Turnaround" paints an aggressively optimistic picture of a future full of promise, pride and prosperity.

Some may find the piece reassuring; others may consider it one-sided. What shocked and disappointed me, however, was the...