Media is fragmenting into smaller, niche audiences. People have netflix and tivo and don't have to watch ads in order to watch their fav...

It's tough arguing against the folks who oppose regulations on guns. I'm always a little worried that they might pull out a gun afte...

Amita Sharma at KPBS did some fascinating reporting on how rising sea levels will impact a planned expansion of San Diego's convention ...

Weeks ago, I flew beside an attractive young mother who told me that she got married even though she didn't want to. "I don't i...

What's missing in Washington is not a dialogue between Republicans and Democrats. What's missing is a dialogue between wild optimism...

Today, Martin Luther King's Birthday (well, holiday commemorating same), Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term. And January mark...

The Legatum 2012 Index has just been released. It ranks countries by a rich set of variables to measure prosperity. It doesn't just mea...

From a fascinating article on the fundraising behind Scientology's recent cathedral building here : And the ranks of the faithful are...

I'm done arguing. As part of a new year's experiment (my variant on new year's resolutions) for the next few months, I'm goi...

China is creating its next generation through eugenics. Geoffrey Miller reports at the Edge that, The BGI Cognitive Genomics Project is...

Liberals are concerned about this chart: Their problem is, labor is not getting as much of the money generated by US companies. The fear...

Barry Bonds had one of the most amazing careers in the history of baseball. His career batting average was nearly .300. He hit 73 home runs ...

I don't know why no one has seen through the Beatles and Rolling Stones conspiracy. It was an obvious, last-ditch effort by the British ...

I suspect that people inject drama into otherwise banal situations because they've abandoned anything that even remotely resembles a her...

I'm reading a book* of Alan Watts' from 1966 and come across this disturbingly prescient passage. "... increasing efficiency...

Isn't it a principle of martial arts to use your opponent's energy against him? He lunges for you and rather than pushing back you a...

Millions of graduates will enter the job market in 2013. It will be the best market in years but still young adults are forced to choose wit...

The fiscal cliff agreement is likely to make the market fall. The quality of the discussion in Washington will define the quality of the b...

There is about a 1/365 chance that Jesus was born on 25 December. The Catholics ask you not to forget the mass in Christmas and the Protes...

Japan's lost decade was from about 1991 to 2000, a period of high unemployment and slow or even negative growth. In this regards, they w...