The double-nothings (the decade from 2000 to 2009) were the worst for job creation in half a century. From the 60s to the 90s, the economy c...

Curiously, a great deal of our political differences can be captured by our aversion to risk. The thought that we should have universal heal...

"One nation" was probably always more fiction than fact but perhaps one of the unintended outcomes of how the Internet allows man...

One of the great mysteries of life is how we manage to waste so much time in political debate, dialogue, and coverage on issues that are –...

The narrative on Newton Elroy Gingrich is that the man - for all his flaws - is  very intelligent . More important than whether you believe ...

As part of trend towards ever-younger billionaires, I predict some 9 yr old will launch a new market that lets kids trade excess candy. ...

The older I get, the more convinced I am that we don't do enough to celebrate failure. Progress depends on it. In January, one team wi...

In the near future, theologians reading the King James version noticed what they concluded was the first use of emoticons. In Matt 6: 32 (...

This latest jobs report makes Obama’s re-election more probable. In Obama’s first year, he presided over the worst loss in jobs since ...

Here's an intriguing editorial by Nick Hanauer about why we should tax the rich more and poor less. It reminds the reader that most of...

The Atlantic has a fascinating article: South Korea's Hottest IPO: Boy Band, Inc. In essence, a Korean record and entertainment compan...

It's hard to choose which of Edison's inventions was most impressive. He had 1,093 US patents for products as varied as the light ...

Suddenly, everyone realized that they had all the stuff they needed and had heard all the stories before. But after a couple of weeks, bor...

There are only two questions Congress should consider: how do we create jobs and how do we raise living standards. It is absurd to take on...

Want to know one reason that daily papers face diminished readership? They focus on what the average person knows to be issues of diminishin...

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle adapted to politics: You can make sense to people or you can make sense of the world. The more that ...

The GOP gaffes come so quickly that something that may have garnered attention in a normal year gets completely overlooked. For instance, i...

Sounds similar to the wonderful Buckminster Fuller . And then I find this wonderful quote: "In the midst of winter, I found there w...

10 million hits for Jimmy Kimmel's video  in which little kids were told by their parents that they'd eaten all their candy. Hilario...

Bernard had been drinking. His eyes were watery and his grin sloppy. He was preparing for Thanksgiving with family. I was his designated d...