The Amish are a pillar of honesty and integrity. It was particularly disturbing to learn they are not immune from "affinity fraud" perpetuated by one of their own.

Last month, Professor Michael H. LeRoy published a study that examined the legal remedies that are available for soldiers and their civilian counterparts who are injured or killed in war zones.

Lenders and servicers, even those willing to modify mortgages, are often unwilling to reduce the outstanding principal on the loans in their portfolios, placing meaningful and sustainable modifications out of reach.

We would all do well to remember that litigation, powerful sword that it is, should be a tool of last resort.

In today's economy, there are a lot of things out of control. Greedy bankers and lousy leaders put the world in peril -- it is easy to get depressed. Then I think about the bright side.

Deaths from allergic reactions to the blood thinner heparin have risen to 62, up from 19 a month ago. This news, disturbing to just about everybody, was reported widely yesterday, and did not go unnoticed in the one sector that might find it reason for a bit of grim good cheer.