PolicyBytes

One important element of the "fiscal cliff" is what's known as the "Doc Fix," because without a fix doctors will stop seeing Medicare patients.

The presidential election will tell us a lot about whether Americans want the country to look more like California or Texas.

Both President Obama and Governor Romney want to do some nation building: Obama at home, and Romney abroad. Both are potentially costly ideas without much hope for success.

While both sides will claim to be standing up for the middle class, it appears that the large majority of states with a median income equal to or less than the national average will be standing up for Romney.

Listen to those who defend President Obama's economic record and then take a look at the graph, which undermines virtually every claim.

It is time to rethink our goals and achievements—or lack thereof—with foreign aid.

Inflation isn't a threat in the future, it's here now—thanks to the Fed—if you understand what inflation really is.

Mitt Romney just told the truth when he identified the 47 percent who embrace the entitlement state, which in today’s politics is the only thing a candidate isn’t supposed to do.

France is leading the way with higher taxes on high-income earners, prompting some of them to move elsewhere. Could that happen in the U.S. because of Obama's tax increases?

The days of Federal Reserve Bank independence from the political sphere may be drawing to a close.