The Euro-Union's scramble to contain a self-inflicted debt crisis provides a cautionary tale of what happens to monetary union when promises are broken, markets are misled, and geopolitical dreams override economic good sense.

Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.

Who could have imagined in September 2001 that one of the deadliest terrorists in history would admit to the World Trade Center attacks--and that we would shrug our shoulders?

Format changes to the way we receive our news will have little effect if the news media continue to lose credibility.

Conflicts between the White House and the media are likely to escalate in the year 2006, and that could create a lose-lose situation for both sides.

If the economy shows further signs of weakening, the Federal Reserve will not want to interrupt its program of measured interest rate increases for fear of frightening the markets.

Gun control advocates should fear the new concealed handgun law, but not for the reason that most people think.