It was literally a Pyrrhic victory but it was also a figurative one. Rome could afford to lose those kinds of numbers, Pyrrhus could not. The disparity was even more apparent the next year ...

Inflation almost seems passe. The worry of the moment is now economic growth. That’s not unreasonable, as the latest update shows US gross domestic product declined at an annualized rate of 1.6% ...

The city, once home to about 80,000 people, is mostly a pile of rubble, with no electricity, water or much else that could sustain an occupying force or serve as a base for launching further ...