I got introduced to systems thinking by the management guru W. Edwards Deming. He made the point that when assessing a team made up of three...

In 1912, an assassin rose through the crowd to shoot Teddy Roosevelt. The right desperately hopes that a century later, the assassin’s work ...

Could any single stat do more to convey Republicans' dismal prospects in 2012 than the fact that Donald Trump leads in the polls? Your c...

Maybe next month we need a May Skeptics' day. April Fools' Day credible, May Skeptics' Day incredible. Irish guy commenting on ...

Like a murder of crows, politicians and talk show hosts endlessly caw about the debt as a consequence of rampant government spending. Usuall...

It might be that you’ve found your personal reason if it seems unreasonable to everyone else. Some things you do might do for money. That’s...

He and his friend Jerome had their own religion. They believed that we are all caught in an elaborate story written by a deity / screenwrite...

What if eternity is a place where you live among people who may be a different gender, of different skill sets and abilities, different race...

"Yeah right," he heard the voice say in the pause after she declared her love. This was the first hint that something was wrong. ...

Today I got to listen to Celtic music. It was grand. Curiously, Celtic music is - like Christmas music - a seasonal offering that's hard...

This last year has given us some momentous news: eco-disaster with the Gulf Oil spill, devastating earthquakes in Haiti Chile, and Japan, th...

"I think that there is another man." He laughed. "There's always another man." "Not always." "Alwa...

Another excerpt from the book, The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization from 1300 to 2050. This is from the chapter on the informa...

This is the framework I've used to define the last 700 years and predict the next 50. 

Teachers make so much more than average workers, the talking heads shout. This isn't fair. Fox recently reported that teachers make an...

Conspiracy theories sound dire but they reflect optimism about events. The premise behind one is if there really is a conspiracy than someon...

The book, The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization from 1300 to 2050 is done. I'm now ready for the editing phase. The central...

Coworker: What does it mean if the Groundhog comes out of his hole, slips on the ice, and ends up in traction? Perpetual winter? Weather ch...