Debunking Medicare Myths
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Despite all of the talk about overpaid private plans in Medicare, it turns out that some private options almost certainly would beat the traditional fee-for-service program in a direct price competition.  [Read More]

When Compromise Trumps Apostolic Tradition
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Great Britain next month will unfold along a pilgrim's path metaphorically strewn with landmines.  [Read More]

Britain Can Benefit from Benedict
By George Weigel
Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The seemingly endless stories of clerical sexual abuse and the mismanagement of these sins and crimes by Catholic bishops are not the only story to be told about the Church at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.  [Read More]

In Defense of Israel's Legitimacy
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The "Friends of Israel" initiative is an effort to restore a measure of moral integrity to an international environment that is becoming increasingly toxic because of untruths and rank prejudices.  [Read More]

Stem Cells, Life, and the Law
A federal court steps into the debate.
By Adam Keiper, Yuval Levin
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
On August 23, a federal judge ruled that the Obama administration's stem cell policy is in violation of a federal law prohibiting taxpayer funding of embryo-destructive research. The ruling puts in sharp relief the moral debate about embryo research, and the administration's dogged refusal to defend human life from exploitation and destruction.  [Read More]