The risk of medical malpractice varies substantially according to physician specialty. Despite evidence regarding the frequency with which…
The Obama administration is looking east to Asia and the many dilemmas concerning our future power contest with China. There are plenty of…
When a bunch of Birkenstock-wearing environmentalists clamor for cleaner energy alternatives — biofuels, solar, or wind — it’s not entirely…
Republican Gov. Scott Walker's convincing win Tuesday in Wisconsin was not just a victory for the governor himself, but a major triumph for…
However Wisconsin's recall election turns out on Tuesday, teachers unions already appear to be losing a larger political fight—in public…
Were cozy ties between Texas legislators and Halliburton’s corporate predecessor Brown and Root responsible for the passage of the landmark…
The campaign has really, honestly, finally started between President Obama and Mitt Romney. While there will be lots of talk in the next…
Book abstract: When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United…
On the first anniversary of the devastating tornado that touched ground here, the nation focused on this small city of 50,000 and its…
My family and I spent Monday at Boston College celebrating the graduation of our youngest daughter. And at Harvard, where I teach,…