Here's a picture of Susan B. Anthony from History in Pictures . After they beat her, they arrested and fined her for trying to vote in 1...

It's an open question as to why oil prices have fallen so much so quickly. In June of 2014, oil prices were $111. They are now about $30...

Last year, " investment in mining exploration, wells, and shafts fell 35 percent. " With oil prices down, there is less reason to ...

In 2015, $58 billion of venture capital was invested in the US. [All of these numbers come from the Price Waterhouse Coopers / National Vent...

Sometimes progress doesn't look like progress at the time. Getting fit is an ugly business that involves panting and profuse sweating. T...

Kurt Vonnegut's family had money until the Great Depression. Then they didn't. His mother never seemed to reconcile herself to the d...

There are two kinds of retirement plans: defined benefit and defined contribution. While not technically correct, you can think of it as the...

Donald Trump sometimes says very reasonable things. "We spent $4 trillion in Iraq, lost the lives of thousands of our soldiers and caus...

Liechtenstein might be the most curious country in the West. It disbanded its army in 1868 and hasn't had a military since. Then, in 2...

If the universe wants for there to be tragedy or boredom in your life, there is no choice. You will have tragedy and boredom. Fortunately...

Moderator: Donald Trump, you say that America doesn't win at anything anymore. Have you heard of Charlie Sheen? He's winning. Donal...

The most absurd claims are being made about the above graph, made from census data found here . Simply put, people are claiming that thi...

I don't doubt Ben Casnocha's sincerity here. In Eurasia, where multiple languages, peoples and cultures are interacting in regi...

My friend Bernard was chuckling even before I sat down. "Ha! Donald Trump has won the bet!" "What?" "Donald! Thi...

I will start with three certain predictions for 2016: the year will have 366 days and it will include a summer Olympics and presidential ele...

At the moment of conception, the microscopic life that will become a bawling infant is only 2 cells. You cannot see it with the naked eye. ...

I've been surprised lately that so many people I know are convinced that the shootings in San Bernardino and Colorado Springs are proof ...

As it turns out, the recovery since 2010 is fairly similar to the recovery between 1982 and 1989. In 2010 and 1982, unemployment rates w...

As a country, we really are vindictive towards children stupid enough to be born into poverty.

17th Century Dutch guns in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam I've recently heard conservative friends make the point that these mass shooters n...