Banks such as JPMorgan, Citi, and Goldman Sachs started the earnings season off on a positive note when all beat expectations on the top and bottom lines.

We saw this manifest itself in a number of ways, notably MSNBC’s lower ratings, which right-wingers crowed about on social media. As Governing magazine put it, “When a sports team loses, its fans don’t hang around for the postgame show.” I did this myself. I took nearly three weeks off work and read relatively little news. It was kind of great.

U.S. stock indexes drifted lower Thursday following a mixed set of earnings reports from Morgan Stanley, UnitedHealth Group and other big companies.

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter weren't supposed to go on their first date. On a Sunday night in 1945, Jimmy Carter, on a break from the U.S. Naval Academy in ...