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My apologies for the sad tone of this piece, but a hero has fallen and we need to pay him tribute — and make …

I am one of those people who has a seriously deficient sense of direction. In other words, I feel lost most of the time. …

I’m not a bettin’ man, probably because I’ve lost every time I’ve tried it. Still, I benefit from those who do. We all do. …

We can learn from Facebook and all other social networks that the Internet has brought us. These are more than websites; they are models of social organization that transcend old forms. Make the rest of life more like a social network and we will begin to see real progress in the course of civilization. Persist in the old model of forced democratic community and we will continue to see decline.

My brother is teaching a semester in London, and he casually video Skyped me last week to show me around his apartment, which is …

There is a scene in the Parable of the Talents in which the returned master berates the shabbiest of his three servants. Discovering that …

There’s been a long debate over digital technology. Does it help or harm the cause of liberty, individualism and human rights? People who say …

The other day, a local hamburger joint was advertising a 99 cent hamburger, and I took the offer. It was great. I wondered: how …

The barely-defeated legislation called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) hit out of the blue and caused a global scramble among the smart set to …

Let’s say you are a farmer and most of your animals are dead from disease. But there are a handful of chickens still making …