It's Sunday night. That seems reason enough to post a poem. “Any fool can get into an ocean . . .” BY  JACK SPICER  1925–1965 ...

In most EU countries, the majority of people report that their government makes it hard to start a business.   Sadly for them, this matter o...

Up until 1998, Republicans and Democrats were equally likely to believe that climate change resulted from human activity and was already hav...

Gallup tracks job creation in the US , posting a three-day running average. Its posted values go back six years. Here is a graph that plots ...

Years ago I briefly hosted a "Celtic Folk for Celtic Folk and Other Folk" Show. On the basis of that and an enduring fondness for ...

In the wake of the Great Depression, the US began to measure GDP. Simon Kuznets, in 1937, presented his formulation of gross domestic produc...

President Obama and his economic advisers have just released their annual report. It offers good news for this year and sobering news about...

The average downturn since World War II Jobs Lost: 2 million Months to regain lost jobs: 10 Length of Recovery: 59 months Ratio of Jobs ...

From marriage to religion to politics, millennials are less likely to identify with institutions of any kind than are previous generations. ...

Today, Sir Richard Branson wrote an interesting piece in which he sided with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Conservative stockholders have recently cr...

This decade could be really messy. Already countries like Iraq, Syria, and the Ukraine are making headlines as forces within the country str...

Next month, the Internet turns 25. It has laid the foundation for something extraordinary. In 1439, Johannes Gutenberg invented movable ty...

In the U.S., churches have the right to religious freedom. So do individuals. This great country was the first to institutionalize religious...

The NFL might offer a view into the future of our legal systems and baseball a look into our past. The NFL has instant replay available fo...

The deficit has  rapidly fallen from its peak of $1.4 trillion in 2009. This year the CBO is projecting the deficit to be $514 billion, and...

We'll know whether Obamacare is worth it at the next Winter Olympics when our athletes can compare their surgery results with those of a...

Philosophers talk about goods to have and goods to do. In terms of the good life, what you do has more impact than what you have. Economic p...

Pandora now reveals your political leanings to advertisers based on your musical taste. I kind of like that the Beatles and Johnny Cash are...