I am not referring to technology stocks. Rather, those wooden platforms used by our founding fathers to shame someone who had behaved badly....

One of the reasons that social security is projected to be a problem is that our population is aging. This problem of more retirees per work...

“Our discontent begins by finding false villains whom we can accuse of deceiving us. Next we find false heroes whom we expect to liberate us...

At one point during his campaign, Arnold Schwarzenegger was standing in Chinatown in LA, surrounded by the delightful buildings and sights m...

I went to Las Vegas last week and am always fascinated by the place. I can't help but wonder whether Vegas is your city's future. It...

The US seems stuck. We can't get out of Iraq and we can't stay in. The Iraqis are rejecting American-sponsored democracy, seeming to...

Today's News, courtesy of the AP: "Pope Benedict is calling on leaders of all religions to turn their backs on any form of violence...

Once upon a time, in a land not so very far away, the media had a particular role. Its business objectives included making a profit, yes, bu...

Wages and salaries constituted only 45% of the GDP last year - the lowest it has been since records were kept in 1929. I think that could be...

Google works by pointing us to the most popular sites. It basically encourages conformity of thought by herding us all in one particular dir...

I once did a calculation, projecting that we'd increase the level of education as much in this century as we did in the last. In the las...

I recently read that the world's two richest men - Bill Gates and Warren Buffet - said that the most important issue facing communities ...

Here's a plan that would save us money and lives and might even gain us friends in Iraq. Only Halliburton might lose in this plan. First...

Martin Luther was able to form a new religion in no small part because he appealed to the desire of German princes for independence from Rom...

In the late 1800s, factory output soared. Suddenly, factory owners no longer limited by how much they could make were limited instead by how...

There are a variety of reasons that my politics tend left. One is my sincere confusion about the absolutes that seem so absolutely clear to ...

In the attention economy, there are three classes: those who depend on others for the structuring of their attention, those who are independ...

As a frequent flyer, I spend too much time in airport security lines. I've put time in line to good use and thought up a simple solution...

Two paradigms walk into a bar. The one paradigm says, “I’m right and can quote myself to prove it.” The other paradigm sits stunned, looking...

Faith is a fragile but vital thing. Lives are acts of faith. Relationships require faith. Learning suggests faith in the future relevance of...