Back in school, you may have read a bit about the 1779 naval battle between the Bonhomme Richard and H.M.S. Serapis. That’s the one where Captain John Paul Jones shouted, “I have not yet begun to fight!” when the British…

WASHINGTON — Imagine if wide-scale fraud was found in a major American industry. Imagine if observers commonly agreed that there was more fraud going on beyond what was already known, it just hasn’t been uncovered yet. Imagine if the companies…

BOSTON — As delegates gathered at Boston’s Fleet Center on Monday, a smaller group of loyal Democrats met a few blocks away at the state capitol to mull over the party’s future — and their role in it. Democrats for…

The current controversy over the Medicare prescription drug benefit is an exercise in Seinfeldian absurdity. It is, quite literally, a show about nothing. Or at least until the humungous bill comes due. If you haven’t been following it, here’s the…