Americans are deeply concerned about health care. By nearly all accounts, rising health care costs are contributing to their anxiety about health care financing, while complex and impersonal administrative systems leave many feeling personally disenfranchised when it comes to making key health care decisions. The current system of third-party payment, which governs government- and employment-based… Read more

Congress has the opportunity to protect faith-based organizations' hiring freedom this week as it moves toward reauthorization of Head Start. The right of faith-based groups to take religious beliefs into account in their hiring practices is fundamental to religious liberty and should be protected when a faith-based group works with the government… Read more

In the debate over the redefinition of marriage, advocates of same-sex marriage have made a variety of arguments. Many have argued that same-sex marriage would be good for homosexuals. Some have gone so far as to propose that the change would strengthen the institutions of marriage and family by reaffirming commitment and fidelity.… Read more

As the summer winds down, children everywhere race to finish their summer reading assignments and parents begin their search for new notebooks, bigger backpacks, and maybe even better schools. Two years after the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act parents have access to more information about the quality of public schools than ever… Read more