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"No Time to Lose" is Peter Piot's memoir of stalking Ebola and AIDS, surviving bureaucratic turf wars and coping with benighted public officials. William Bynum reviews.

By Allysia Finley The Chicago school district and teachers union can't agree on a new contract, and the biggest roadblock is (surprise!) collective bargaining.

Health and Human Services gets into the venture capital game.

The West needs a countercultural strategy against radical Islam.

George Washington University is getting $1.9 million for a project to reduce health costs by $1.7 million.

The U.S. economy lost about 10% relative to trendline growth. To make up the shortfall, we need to average more than 3% growth a year for several years.

The filibuster exists to kill legislation like this Harry Reid special.

Lawsuit relief for high-speed rail, but not for others.

A cigarette tax hike is an unintentional gift to neighboring states.

Only 22% of Americans think unions have a positive effect on schools.

Columnist Janet Daley on what's undoing the European Union—not the dream of unity, but of universal welfare and 'social solidarity.'

"America's First Great Depression" tells the story of how the U.S. dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837. Roger Lowenstein reviews.

The dog ate his job growth.

By Mary Anastasia O'Grady Only a week ago Michigan's 11th congressional district was considered a safe seat for five-term incumbent Republican Thaddeus McCotter. Now Mr. McCotter is not even a candidate.

The Supreme Court scores a victory for checks and balances.

At some point, living in a hip urban neighborhood isn't the best option in life. In "Dan Gets a Minivan," Dan Zevin offers a wry sketch of the Brooklyn he knows and ponders a change of scene. Eric Felten reviews.

Higher tax rates will speed the exodus from the state and increase the revenue system's dangerous volatility.

Thanks to Washington, the liberal politics of Silicon Valley may now be tilting toward the libertarian right.

A test of whether taxpayers can control the entitlement state.

Israel's new unity government is strong and diverse enough to survive a walkout by extremist elements.