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It looks like the reality show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley is fizzling out. Ratings are down, cast members aren’t updating the show’s blog, and the Twitter feed has slowed to the point where it resembles a […]
Our representatives are heading home for Christmas after another round of Fiscal Cliff negotiations has bit the dust. The best gift they could receive would be a simple way to raise tons of new revenue […]
I never want to win an award for anything I write. Never. Granted, at this point it’s a very remote possibility. My chances of winning an award for writing are about as likely as a […]
NOON, December 18, 2012 We come from all directions, slowly, trudging across the wet parking lot. Our hearts sink and our faces go slack when we see the line snaking out through the front door […]
A few years ago I helped a friend move and picked up an umbrella that her daughter no longer wanted. Testing out the girl’s umbrella, I quickly realized something – it was far sturdier than […]
Studies show that American students still struggle in the areas of critical thinking and complex reasoning. Why is this? Because the lessons schools use to develop these skills are dreadfully boring. Consider a typical question […]
I recently read that Dick Cheney plans to release a book about his experience surviving numerous heart attacks. The book will also discuss exciting new innovations in heart treatment (such as threatening to send unsuccessful […]
This is the kind of real-world story that causes rage among Americans whose European ancestors showed up uninvited at Ellis Island. According to the Daily Mail, some homeowners in California are using their homes to […]
The other day at the gym I read an essay in a magazine. In the piece, the author was lamenting the fact that “her body embarrassed her.” Well, I thought to myself, there’s no need […]
This fiscal cliff will get solved. Congress and the President will eliminate some minor exemption cherished by One-Percenters, like a tax break for raising trotting horses, and then raise the Social Security retirement age to […]