Moonballs from Planet Earth

Karl Marx didn't have a whole lot to say about India, but this thought - likening India to an Asian Italy - is still fascinating.  I...

"Oftentimes have I heard you speak of one who commits a wrong as though he were not one of you, but a stranger unto you and an intru...

English is the world's most successful language because it is so rich, it has many more words than any comparable language. Yet, frustr...

The Rafael Nadal Foundation just opened a primary school in India, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. I am especially delighted because Rafa’s na...

Glorious giants of the Appalachians are being killed off by insignificant-looking Asian females. And this has nothing to do with outsourcing...

David Brooks on the rise of the Geeks

Fans and musicians are enjoying each other's presence at the South by South West music festival , unencumbered by record companies. And ...

Lovely piece from the NYT on a moral dilemma I face all the time. Is gossip good? Gossip it makes cooperation easier. Gossip makes the gossi...

Paul Krugman thinks the Bush Administration using specialist collections shops to raise tax revenue is a scandal. His key point is that the...

Indian-Americans looking to Jews for inspiration. I love this parallel. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/us/02hindu.html?ex=1349064000&...

Nice article on the NYT on how happy women and men are. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/business/26leonhardt.html?ex=1348545600&en=59...