The number of schools ranked highly in guides such as Barron's Profiles of American Colleges is increasing, without any evidence that these schools' instructional quality is also increasing. Applicants and their families should be wary of letting these rankings serve as the main criteria in their college decisions.

Bolivian politics threaten to turn the country once again into a charity case.

In a handful of recent polls, President Bush's approval rating dropped below 70 percent for the first time since Sept. 11.

When it comes to fossil fuels, the political class (mostly, but not entirely, on the left) has developed a case of "investigitis."

History will reveal whether we are now experiencing a turn-of-the-century Internet bubble.

Review of The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character, by Daniel Kevles.

As there is no cap on total recovery under FACTA, damages for a willful violation could be in the hundreds of millions.

The number of soldiers in the U.S. Army, both active and reserve, will continue to be a critical determinant of America's ability to win future wars and, above all, the peaces that follow them.