This week the U.S. Supreme Court began what might become a welcome revolution in civil litigation when it ordered -- without "discovery" -- the dismissal of an antitrust class-action suit against telephone companies...
When Timothy D. Adams, an earnest 45-year-old who spent a decade working for the current President Bush and his father, took the podium at a ceremony on his last day as the Treasury's top international official, he chose to speak about the importance of humility in foreign affairs...
The latest overhaul of immigration to be proposed in Congress has drawn criticism because it includes a way for illegal immigrants already in the country to stay in the United States legally...
Much has been made about the lack of adequate funds for such things as paying for schools and road repairs, not only here in Newark but elsewhere as well...
In my initial piece on professional organizations like the AMA and the Bar, I laid out the general case for thinking of these groups as unions, whose primary purpose is to protect the interest of their members...
On Palm Sunday 1865, Gens. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in the parlor of the McLean home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and agreed to terms that would make the reunification of the nation possible...
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday the United States was impatient for forceful Chinese action to cut trade deficits but Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said Beijing would not yield to pressure...
