Most people know virtually no financial history, so when we have a financial crisis, it seems like it has never happened before. But it has, again and again. As Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, remarked: "About every ten years, we have the biggest crisis in 50 years." 

A jihadist in plain sight in Lahore makes the most-wanted list.

Gadgets have taken over our lives -- particularly among the young, who have no defenses against them.

The world is becoming increasingly scary at the very time that the military will be facing 20% reductions. With each passing day, the world closes in; with each passing day, our ability to manage that world degrades.

The auto companies' defined-benefit pension plans are fundamentally unsound and may be bigger than the auto companies can pay, but are managed by government and involuntarily guaranteed by taxpayers.

A clarification concerning a recent Wall Street Journal article.

The author displays a shocking lack of detail and instead indulges in long, sentimental passages about his family life and rituals of the Iranian New Year.