History overlooks another point from President Eisenhower’s farewell address 50 years ago: the ease with which pressure for government spend

Campaign finance reform may be a phrase of Washington coinage, but a new study by the nonprofit Global Integrity suggests that the influence

As federal spending on grants to state and local governments rises, so does fraud

Cholera turned out to be a chronicle of death foretold by blind ideology

How a water experiment in South Africa caused riots and a cholera epidemic

Low rates, needed repairs lure 'big water' to Uncle Sam's plumbing

Less than two years after turning control over to a privatized firm, Adelaide took on a certain stench

In Bush’s first year in office, the deficit grew by nearly 1,000 percent

From every angle, the Obamas' tax rate was substantially higher than that of a teacher or firefighter

How he bought an Internet business teetering on the edge of bankruptcy only to find that things could get worse