The push for radical reform in the budget process reminds me of the Iraq invasion. Like Saddam Hussein's rule, the deficit is a real p...

In a recent debate, Michele Bachmann stated that she would push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, but would not force this...

My book, The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization, is now available in  paperback , and for  kindle , and  nook . Overview: ...

From Collins' new book, horoscopes for the dead, here are two poems adjacent to each other, in the middle of the book, to give you some ...

Metaphors are more like poems than mathematical equations. Love is like a heat wave is easy to rhyme, but it collapses under scrutiny. Gov...

Republican's new balanced budget amendment proposal requires government spending and tax revenues to be equal (hence the balanced) and s...

National Lampoon had a magazine cover years ago with the picture of a dog with a gun to his head. The magazine cover was, "Buy this mag...

"No sex for a week or two," my doctor said. "That seems like a fairly severe prescription for recovery from an ingrown toen...

The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization will be available on amazon sometime in the next 24 hours.  Stay tuned. 

Conservative commentator David Brooks wrote this : the Republican Party may no longer be a normal party. Over the past few years, it has ...

There seems to be this notion in matters of diplomacy and relationships that if only two parties understood each other, peace would ensue. T...

Patriotism makes me uneasy. It makes me feel like someone is about to sell me an aircraft carrier. I suppose that people would be less sup...

Republican plan to default on debt so it doesn't hurt economy is like shooting your son down off the roof before he gets hurt.  Wish I...

I wouldn't mind having this job: This is from the mind of the late, great Kurt Vonnegut.

"What kind of First Amendment would permit the government to protect children by restricting sales of that extremely violent video game...

On the flight from LA to Albuquerque today, I was quite excited to see Batman walk onto the plane and sit directly behind me. I had a brief ...

Happy Friday - here's a great remake of Edward Sharpe's song that might even be better than the original. How could you not fall for...

For decades, it has been enough to favor capital or labor in economic policy. It might be time for a new political party that favors entrepr...

From the Guardian Unnatural Selection by Mara Hvistendahl charts how the trend towards choosing boys over girls, largely through sex-sel...

Let's get clear on what Republican candidates are advocating. Right now - largely because of recovery from the Great Recession - the f...