Fat Chance

Last week was very good to all those of us who’d put on a few unwelcome pounds over the holidays. That’s when a new report was published suggesting that being a little overweight makes you live longer.

Mission Impossible?

The man whom Barack Obama nominated today to be the next Secretary of Defense, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, will face a tough fight for confirmation. If approved, he may face an even tougher fight in the job.

Stick It

Maybe work is just a little too pleasant.

This week’s Wall Street Journal featured recommendations from several management experts on how to be a better boss …

Grand Old Rethinking

Whether a four-point defeat in the presidential popular vote justifies the intense soul-searching of today’s Republican Party is a question we’ll leave to well-paid political consultants, but the phenomenon of institutional soul-searching more broadly is another story.