Wisc. Public Employees Still Cashing In
Public-sector employees in Wisconsin receive significantly more in health care and pension benefits than their private-sector counterparts, even after Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 collective bargaining...
View ArticleMcCain Calls for Courage, Intervention in Syria
One day after calling the lack of U.S. military involvement in Syria shameful, Senator John McCain repeated his call to action in a speech at AEI by appealing to the memory of President Bill Clinton's...
View ArticleThe Syrian Puzzle
After Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) called for U.S. airstrikes to support rebels in Syria at the American Enterprise Institute on Monday, a group of panelists criticized the Obama administration’s lack...
View ArticleThe American Nightmare
Nicholas Eberstadt presented a report at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Wednesday on the growth of government over the past half-century and the effects of the welfare state’s expansion to...
View ArticleConservatives Reflect on 2012
Conservatives discussed the future of the Republican Party at a panel discussion Friday at the American Enterprise Institute. "The Republican Party has for too long talked at people instead of speaking...
View ArticleMcConnell: Obama is Stifling Free Speech
President Barack Obama is at the vanguard of a coordinated effort to silence political opponents in an effort falsely sold as concern over good government, the Senate’s top Republican said on Friday....
View ArticleAEI's Leon Aron: Putin's Overreach in Ukraine 'Worst Blunder' in 14 Years of...
Leon Aron of The American Enterprise Institute explains the complex dynamics behind the Ukrainian revolution in this short video published today by AEI. The video follows Aron's blog post yesterday...
View ArticleThiessen: Release Presidential Daily Briefings Around Benghazi
The American Enterprise Institute's Marc Thiessen discussed his Washington Post op-ed calling on the Obama administration to release the Presidential Daily Briefings around Benghazi Monday on Fox News....
View ArticleSocial Justice for Conservatives
When articles are written about the American Enterprise Institute, space is frequently devoted to cataloguing the eccentricities of its president, Arthur Brooks. Brooks is not a stereotypical, or even...
View ArticleCheney Says Obama Won't Stand Up to Iran's Violence
Former vice president Dick Cheney delivered a speech against the president’s nuclear deal at the American Enterprise Institute on Monday, calling it "madness" that will empower an anti-American and...
View ArticleAEI Feminist Scholar: Feminism's Goal Today 'Is Not Equality With Men, It's...
American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Christina Hoff Sommers is a classical equity feminist, meaning she believes the government should not impose an unfair advantage or disadvantage on women...
View ArticleHatch Calls Obamacare Supporters 'Stupidest, Dumb*** People'
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) on Thursday night slammed Obamacare supporters by calling them the "stupidest, dumbass" people he's ever witnessed. Hatch was speaking at the American Enterprise Institute...
View Article'Pushing Back on Iran': One Expert's Strategy to Confront the Islamic Republic
Haunting scenes of children gasping for air during the suspected chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma earlier this month have prompted calls to punish Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad. Often...
View ArticleEducation, Military Service, Marriage Among Drivers of Black Men's Success
Participation in institutions such as the U.S. military, churches, and marriage are all strongly related to black men's chances of reaching the middle class, according to a new report released Tuesday...
View ArticleStudy: Newspaper Coverage of Teacher Strikes Favored Pro-Strike Voices 4-to-1
A study from the conservative nonprofit American Enterprise Institute found that major newspapers heavily favored pro-union quotations when reporting on the spring 2018 teacher strikes. AEI scholars...
View ArticleReport: 'Loneliness Epidemic' in America Not as Pronounced as Some Claim
Beneath the apparent social divisions in the United States, most Americans "still trust in the goodness of their communities, believe in the American dream, and prioritize family and freedom over...
View ArticleAEI Report: Americans Are Getting Older and Dying Younger
A recent paper on American demographics bodes ill for the country's economic and social health. The report by Lyman Stone, adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, finds that while the...
View ArticleHaley Talks Tough on Beijing in Major Foreign Policy Speech
Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley on Tuesday declared that "Communist China is an enemy" and pledged to strengthen America’s military if elected. Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the...
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'War Criminals Work Here': Pro-Palestinian Activists Vandalize Israeli...
A radical group that has railed against "colonizing Israeli scum" defaced the Washington, D.C.-area office of an Israeli defense company with graffiti reading "Free Palestine" and "War Criminals Work...
View ArticleWhite Paper Trail
Over the past century, think tanks have become a driving force on the American political landscape. These nonprofit 501(c)(3) research bodies gather experts and political activists, shape political...
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