Although his career of writing for children spanned only slightly more than a decade, Edward Eager made a distinctive contribution to twentieth-century children's literature. His two animal stories, Mouse Manor (1952) and Playing Possum (1955), are...

Taxes: Those eager to see investors and entrepreneurs fleeced are eating up the sweet-sounding demagoguery of John Edwards like candy. But taxing "the rich" always kills the jobs of the nonrich they employ.Former senator and current Democratic presidential candidate Edwards, eager to distinguish himself from...