According to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical and dental professions now account for 14 of the 15 highest paid occupations in the United States (measured in terms of annual income). Put another way, of nearly 800 occupations surveyed, doctors and dentists were at the top of the list.

Uncertainty regarding debates over the debt limit still remains. Endgame negotiations are nothing new in Washington, but the circumstances under which they are being played is different than before.

Whether in the halls of academia or broad swaths of America's news media, a watchword of liberal faith is that Democrats have the corner on smarts.

Neither Herbert Hoover nor Franklin D. Roosevelt promulgated policies that worked.

The passage of the financial-reform bill contributed to the biggest drop in equity markets in more than a year, showing markets understand the bleak future of a land of high taxes, big government, complex regulations, and indignant politicians.

The dowdy Dow Jones industrial average has suddenly turned into the hottest game in town.

Spending a trillion dollars might jump-start the economy--but at the price of damaging not only the nation's balance sheet, but also our constitutional system.

Despite its flamboyant title, Dow 36,000 was a book of sober explanation, not of wild prognostication.