Mr. Obama's goal of eliminating extreme global poverty and halving global poverty would cost nearly half our entire federal budget.

Competition keeps the NBS functioning effectively just as competition would help the public schools.

It's vital to recruit the best students from every nation to come to the US and found businesses.

When government employees stopped setting the beat, the Japanese lost the rhythm and their economy fell apart.

The Archbishop of Canterbury believes not only that his religion is dying, but his country's legal and political structure are doomed as well.

When Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the west, he took American and British missionaries along. In addition to translating, they also helped with education.

This video just gave us the best news we've heard out of the Middle East in a long, long time -- Iraqis are beginning to laugh at their leaders.

GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.

The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."

Poor people often skimp on food so that they will have enough money for things they consider valuable.