When the majority of the country's 225 state-sponsored pension plans release their annual reports this month, the numbers will paint a bleak picture. Unfortunately, the reality may be even worse.
On the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.
New York is rolling out the red carpet all over again this week, but it's not for the VIPs from out of town.
In Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom (Basic Books, $23), Peter W. Huber, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute, skewers the growing willingness of gullible juries, ...
Everyone who has ever nursed a grievance against lawyers -- and who hasn't? -- will find solace in The Litigation Explosion (Dutton, $24.95). Author Walter Olson lays down a barrage of hostile fire...