MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Donald Trump won the first debate of the 2024 presidential cycle Wednesday night, and it wasn’t even close. What debate, you ask? Then you didn’t watch CNN’s broadcast from the leafy confines of St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday night. Like the old ...
When the ancient Greeks wanted to learn what their future held, they would consult with oracles. Alexander the Great, for one, visited the Oracle at Siwa, an oasis in the Egyptian desert. According to his biographer, Plutarch, the oracle told Alexander that he was destined to conquer the ...
Henry had a sharp eye. He paid close attention to what people around him were doing–and what they weren't. One observation in the 19th century forever changed how Americans buy food products, revolutionizing the food industry and making him rich to boot. You still use the change he ...
President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is just eight months old. It hasn’t yet slayed inflation. But it’s already gutting drug research and development. The law gives Medicare the power to impose price controls on certain prescription drugs for the first time. By September, federal ...
Deterrence is the new word for defense. Now the Americans and South Koreans are talking about vastly increasing their deterrence against North Korea, which says it is building more and better missiles and more nuclear warheads, too, all for “defense.” When our leaders talk about increasing ...
A favorite editor asked me for a quote on what soon-to-be job applicants and their parents should keep in mind while preparing for tomorrow’s employment markets. I’ve given job-market advice to students and colleagues for decades, so here are 20 ideas I’ve often shared. Some have served ...