Things just aren't getting any better over at AIG, are they? The struggling carrier forced out CEO Martin Sullivan earlier this week following two of the company's worst quarters ever. AIG's been bleeding red ink for a while and its tumbling share

DENVER -- Sometimes it does seem as if common sense really isn't common at all. Guess it's no big mystery why Thomas Paine bombed in D.C. way back in the day. Today's example? Group legal plans. As Congress kicks off its annual tax break

Well, the numbers are finally in. And no, I'm not referring to delegate counts -- I'll be making no decisions today. The Washington Post, among others, reports today that a new study from the Urban Institute indicates Massachusetts managed to

Looks like even fats kids get full. Or at least tired. After more than 30 years of bulging waistlines in our nation's children, the newest numbers suggest the so-called childhood obesity epidemic has finally plateaued: the level of overweight kids

Don't you just love it when politicians say one thing and do another? Sure, in this day and age of commercial pandering and moral hypocrisy it's to be expected to some extent, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. It's like dealing with

There are few things I value more, as both a journalist and an employee, than leadership by example. I know, I know. There are as many types of good leaders out there as bad. I'm just throwing in my two cents. There's nothing I find more genuine,

It's about time. After a primary season that featured more plot twists than a "Law & Order" episode, it appears as if things are finally winding down. It's a good thing, too. Because this prolonged battle between the Democratic

The safe thing for me to do this week, I suppose, is to riff about the economy. Or at least weigh in on the Feds' latest attempt to rearrange the deck chairs on the sinking ship. See, the IRS began dropping those much-ballyhooed stimulus checks into