Pollock proposes a form, "BasicFacts About Your Mortgage Loan,"be given to potential borrowers.

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.

Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's is bedeviled by accusations from franchisees that they were misled on their likely earnings.

There are plenty of self-deluded jerks in the world, including some politicians, social scientists, economists and lots of just plain people.

Regulatory options for the mortgage and housing industry problems.

Saving is a good thing, but it is possible to overdo it.

Free New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer from federal interference--while limiting his authority to the state that elected him.