Per the Economist , by the 21st of March in most cities trips planned had dropped by 70 to 90%. People are traveling and polluting less - ab...

In a time of crisis, everything is questioned. That makes sense but the West has made progress in certain ways that should never be undone. ...

Greek tragedies were based on the notion of a dilemma, a character forced to choose between two bad options. Kill your mother or your father...

Right now, Trump seems focused on the stock market. You can see why. The stock market that he has taken as an affirmation of his leadership ...

Markets across the West are down 9 to 15% today. It's important to talk globalization. The most defining issues of our day are not nati...

Somebody picks up on a problem in the pond. Lily pads are growing rapidly. By their calculations, they're doubling every day to cover mo...

Mutual fund. Fund, from the past tense of fun.

A standing army is a fairly new thing in the history of humanity. Now we likely spend too much on the military but the notion is that a comm...

One simple distinction for leaders is eloquence. Bill Clinton was the best speaker I've heard in politics. Obama created a similar confi...

This week Google joined Apple, Microsoft and Amazon in the trillion-dollar valuation club.  Location matters. Microsoft and Amazon headquar...

Each month bls.gov releases the new jobs numbers. "The economy created 130,000 jobs last month." The technical title for this jobs...

I've heard and read concern about the millions of truck drivers who could lose their jobs to self-driving trucks. Here are two reasons ...

In a Facebook conversation yesterday, I pointed out to a Trump supporter that believing Trump means that you have to discount the CIA, the N...

Let us say that you were a complete hedonist. You only did what made you feel good. Wouldn't you still do things for other people? Give...

As managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, Venture Capitalist Scott Kupor argues that much of the gains from startups have shifted from lat...

Trump creates so much daily chaos that it is easy to lose track of why Congress has moved ahead with impeachment hearings. A simple analogy ...

My ideal candidate would take the following positions on these issues. Economics Make it easy for entrepreneurs to succeed. incubator...

Learned something curious from Berkowitz's Sex and Punishment , a book I picked up from the Harvard Bookstore a week ago. Medieval pries...

Stephen Covey's 4th habit is the building block to relationships. It also gives us a way to better understand the danger of Trump. Thi...