“Democracy is like a bicycle. It must move forward in order not to fall over.” - Edgar Faure, who served twice as Prime Minister of France d...

Top 10 in the world but you don't medal. That seems a little stingy, what with all the metals in the world. In addition to gold, silver,...

"When we say 'the system,' what we are really talking about is a pattern of interdependency that we enact. There is no system. ...

In the antebellum South, a brutal form of combat known as "rough and tumble" fighting, or "gouging," was prevalent. This...

Per Google's Gemini Model: As of early 2026, Norway's sovereign wealth fund—the Government Pension Fund Global—has surpassed a value...

  During Biden's administration, Americans agreed 2 to 1 that checks and balances were working. Now in Trump's administration, Ameri...

In a speech about slavery during his 1860 campaign, Lincoln said,"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, ...

 Hitchhiking was arguably Uber 1.0 - the beta release before getting strangers to pick you up became an app.

No paintings on the walls. No hushed docents. Instead, along the baseboards: scents. Each accompanied by a tasteful placard: Dropped Sa...

William Deci made a distinction that has greatly influenced me. He argues that parents, managers and teachers have three options: control, a...

The Korean PM I was working with in 2022 worked with Americans and Japanese. I asked him how he would describe the differences. He said (par...

Terms evolve.  Mardi Gras became Fat Tuesday, which somehow became Taco Tuesday. From sacred ritual to cultural celebration to something yo...

I hardly know whether to be comforted or insulted by the fact that the friendly hotel desk clerk clearly found me so old and befuddled that...

The rate of GDP growth from a year earlier fell from 2.3 to 2.2%. Which is to say, the rate of growth was essentially unchanged. People who ...

You would die within months if you were suddenly alone on a desert island with no one else to rely on. And that is why it is such a great th...

Because of inflation, free will will now come with a small fee. Some have protested that in a market economy it was only a matter of time b...

 This is the sort of nonsense you get from people who don't understand progress, evolution or Western Civilization.

We spend on the order of $1 trillion a year on defense-related outlays, and the Department of Defense manages roughly $4 trillion in total a...

Even through the American Revolution, General Washington - fighting British troops - never sold the stock he held in the Bank of England.   ...

Anyone who claims to explain why bitcoin rose so much -- or is falling so much (down 42% in six months) -- should earn your suspicion. That ...

From the Economist ... "A week into Donald Trump’s second term 37% of Americans thought the country was headed in the right direction, ...

He took offense at being called xenophobic. “Don’t call me foreign names,” he said. “Speak American.”

We are not becoming a new biological species, but we may be becoming a new kind of mind. The capabilities that matter most—technological pro...

Possible side effects of watching sports include back-to-back pharma ads. I can’t tell you what the drug does, but it may cause dizziness, ...

Total Household net worth in the US is $173 trillion. Average net worth is about $1.3 million but that doesn't tell you a lot. Here is ...