The American Conservative

What the air traffic controllers’ exemption says about taxes, hypothecation, and user fees

Multilateral missile defense—not just negotiation or war—is the strategic answer to rogue states.

A “cure-first” strategy can slash healthcare costs—and sells better than voucherizing Medicare.

The public wants lower costs and better health. A focus on cures can meet both goals.

Obama must forget McGovernism and put a bipartisan focus on science, not finance.

Alzheimer’s research is a cause Obama and his critics should all support—to save both money and lives.

How the conquistadors’ empire undermined stability at home

The new Danish film sheds light on 18th-century historical lessons.

The Gaza conflict vindicates Reagan-era missile defense.

The Bain Man was the wrong one to make the case against Obama–and for the middle class.

Romney and Obama make a detail-free play for the middle.

As the nation’s water infrastructure crumbles, the GOP wavers on its platform commitment.

Romney breaks with the One Nation conservatism of Coolidge, Lincoln, and Disraeli.

Romney has experience with public-private partnerships, and the Democratic platform leaves Alzheimer’s out.

Thomas Kuhn and the structure of the education revolution

Shootings in Wisconsin and Colorado reveal what’s best, and worst, about medicine in America.

How the Romney campaign is losing the argument over infrastructure investment

Innovative cures must be our priority, with or without Obamacare.

From the Justice Department to the Federal Reserve, legislative oversight — and constitutional government — is eroding.