Clay Masterpiece – Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played yet another classic tennis match yesterday, with Nadal once again emerging victorious for his...

In an op-ed today in the Washington Post, CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Senator Alan Simpson argue that the Gang of Six -- despite hitting a...

We can't just seem to catch a break from ratings firms. About a month and a half after S&P downgraded the U.S. rating outlook from stable to negative...

Yesterday, Treasury announced that it would be selling its 6.6 percent equity stake in Chrysler to Fiat, which represents the last outstanding TARP...

Today's edition of USA Today features an editorial advocating increasing premiums for military retirees enrolled in TRICARE. The editorial correctly...

Feeling the Heat – As most of us return to work this week nursing sunburns and swapping stories of grilling glory, the heat is on in Washington, at...

The Washington Post has a story today saying that ending retirement savings tax expenditures would save little money. The argument is a familiar one...

Though recent discussion about "spending in the tax code" has brought fresh attention to tax expenditures, much of the discussion has been about how...

Trading of credit default swaps (CDS) insuring U.S. treasuries has doubled in the last year in response to fears over our inability to deal with our...

Today's editorial in the Washington Post, "The Chained CPI, an easy way to save money," endorses switching to the chained CPI for indexation of all...

Yesterday at the Peterson Foundation's 2011 Fiscal Summit, six think tanks --Heritage, AEI, EPI, Center for American Progress, Bipartisan Policy...