Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, is the author of "Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror." He was formerly a Washington correspondent and a Middle East correspondent for the New Yorker. In the mid-1990s, even as crime ra

Earlier, I was whining about how the CIA no longer bothers to update its fascinating table in the CIA World Factbook on countries' military expenditures as a percent of GDP. For example, the U.S. number still says, comically, "2005, est." Heckuva job, CI

Fans of "Freakonomics" are familiar with some of its wild assertions. The author, economist Steven Levitt, makes correlations between people's behavior and economic and social outcomes. For example, he makes a link between a person's name and financial s

The investigation will look into why clothing retailer Bebe dropped its Kardashian clothing line and what motives could possibly be behind Kim's lawsuit. Petrich will look into financial records to determine how much Kim has made off her Sears and Bebe d

Norman Lamb, a key adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, told the Sunday Express: “We should consider introducing a charge for missed appointments. “People have to understand when there is only a limited amount of money available it means cuts on

Students assigned to high-VA teachers are more likely to attend college, attend higher- ranked colleges, earn higher salaries, live in higher SES neighborhoods, and save more for retirement. They are also less likely to have children as teenagers. Teache