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The School of Communication at American University has added two nationally recognized scholars studying Internet governance, technology, and politics. Professors DeNardis and Freelon (bios below) will be teaching in our […]
A 5.8 earthquake hits the East Cost. New Yorkers quake. Californians laugh. Along comes a Category 1—no wait, tropical storm—hurricane. Now, not all New Yorkers are quaking; instead, while some […]
Long after the United States and the Soviet Union put their Cold War space race to bed, another cosmic competition is heating up. This one is taking place in the private sector.
However you feel about the right way out of the U.S. government’s struggles over its debt ceiling, I think we can all agree that the week past has not been […]
Big Think’s Peter Lawler thought Michele Bachmann won the Republican debate last night in advance of the Iowa straw poll. Other conservative commentators thought Texas Governor Rick Perry, who will […]
I confess that I’m a marriage rubbernecker. I was a fiendish eavesdropper even as a young girl, much to my mother’s embarrassment, and the dubious habit has finally been put to good use.
Editor’s Note: After a holiday that’s all about gratitude, it seemed appropriate to post this. Please welcome Jessa Jackson as she tells the story of how she went from Mormonism […]
Ryan Blair, CEO and author of Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went From Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur, argues that independent employees are good for business.
Are alternative medical treatments like acupuncture and homeopathy scams or do they account for the mind’s influence in overall health in a way that traditional medicine does not?
By the time the Persians destroyed the Roman military garrison at Dura-Europos in 256 AD, the city high above the Euphrates River existed for almost six centuries since its founding […]
Which would you rather have: an apple or a Kit-Kat bar? It’s not an easy question. The answer depends on many factors, including how hungry you are, how much you […]
Hurricane Irene is going down in the ‘top 10’ record books as more costly than anticipated only a week ago. It is hurricane season. Not exactly a surprise that a […]
The Denver Green School, classed as an Innovation Status school by the Denver Public School system, is trying out yet another innovation – growing their own food and serving it […]
“Doomsday.” “Lehman times ten.” “A catastrophe.” “A political basket-case.” The ways of describing the potential outcome of the current U.S. government debt imbroglio continue to pile up, with the adjectives […]
About eighteen months ago, I wrote a piece titled “Smiling All The Way To The Bank” that featured commentary about the Congressional testimony of one Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of […]
Sir Brian Urquhart, one of the oldest surviving senior UN staff members, reminded us recently in an article in the New York Times that a former Secretary General of the […]
Einstein “finally concluded that time travel might be inherent in his equations,” but dismissed the notion “on physical grounds.”
The phrase “too big to fail” still rings hollowly and painfully for everyone who remembers the 2008 bailout of the reeling U.S. financial system that was termed necessary to avoid […]
Cities symbolize opportunity, but the same practicality that is prized during boom times can come to seem opportunistic following a tragedy. When do we move forward? And how often should we look back?
I started reading Norwegian mystery writer Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman while on vacation over Memorial Day in Maine. Four of Nesbo’s Harry Hole crime novels later, I find myself wondering, […]
Professor at the Johns Hopkins Business School, Stacy Lee says a recent Supreme Court ruling leaves generic drugs unregulated, putting consumers of the medicines at risk.
A comprehensive, state-by-state report titled “F as in Fat” shows that obesity rates continue to climb, along with diabetes and high blood pressure. 16 states reported sharp obesity increases.
Wes Hickman of American University media relations put together an excellent news release on the study of America’s peak oil perceptions discussed last week. Text of the release is below. […]
Slate’s resident advice columnist recently printed a letter from an adult child with a very unusual problem: Dear Prudence, My mother died a decade ago; neither she nor my father […]
Entrepreneur and virtuoso exam-taker Shawn O’Connor explains how to unleash your brain’s inner genius and conquer any test.
Touch has always played an important role in our development and in our tendency to make certain judgments and take certain risks.
After years of controversy, a therapy based on human embryonic stem cells is finally being tested in humans. The treatment holds out hope to paralyzed people, but at how great a risk?
In my anticipation to get out of town everything seems to take a little longer. A woman snags the last open pump at the gas station. An empty bucket of […]
When companies outsource their manufacturing, suppliers close or move, engineers learn different skills, local colleges drop job-training courses, and the whole ecosystem shrinks.