Regular readers will know that I take a jaundiced view of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Of course he left office some time ago, and in normal circumstances this […]

In 1905 President Roosevelt acted as mediator between a warring Russia and Japan, preventing global escalation and allowing both to save face while ending their costly conflict—a lesson on the […]

During difficult negotiations, it is often important to start small and build up to the more intractable sticking points, as evidenced by the successful 1949 armistice agreements between Israel and […]

We have been hearing some news that Karangetang, one of the more active volcanoes in the Indonesian arc, might erupt again soon - and sure enough, today it did. The […]

There may be an evolutionary reason that men prefer to have intimate discussions without making eye contact with their partner.

There has long been a desire to prove a connection between Earth's geological activity and the gravitational resonance of the moon and the sun. Is there any truth to this claim?

The website Neurotree shows the biographical roots of ideas, mapping them like a genealogical chart—which mentors brought forth which proteges and who in turn mentored others.

Political paralysis in Brussels, monetary tightening by the ECB and soaring rates for Portuguese, Irish and Greek bonds — the omens for the Eurozone summit are not good.

The stereotype-busting effect of a role model only occurs if their success is perceived as due to their own innate ability and effort. That power is lost if they are seen to have just been lucky.

The Boston Globe reports on a determined principal, dedicated teachers, and an innovative reading program that have helped a school transform itself.

What are the implications of the Dalai Lama's decision to drop his political role while the Tibetan government in exile fears it is not 'competent' to take over from figurehead?

Having a positive concept of the national interest is what produces the element that’s missing from the Obama policy: national initiative.

David Van Reybrouck predicts the underlying causes of Belgium's political crisis will repeat themselves elsewhere as the new media call into question established democratic practices.

Piracy in the waters off Somalia shows how an environmental issue such as overfishing can evolve into an international security crisis, says Shannon Beebe.

Among the challenges of electric cars is "range anxiety" — fear of being stranded with a dead battery, miles from a plug.

The vision of the leader of the enterprise is the most important aspect for company growth, profitability, and expansion. Management is insignificant without it.

David Bornstein on how the “collective impact” strategy of creating alliances of civic and business leaders is being applied to social problems across the nation.

With Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc, we have all become "life bloggers," and innovative startup Memolane is the first to compile all these data points into searchable electronic memory.

GUEST POST BY JASON SILVA Alan Harrington eloquently wrote in The Immortalist that we should all strive to remain, “uncompromising child-voyagers andretain a child's eye view of what might be"... And isn't this what we've […]

The Republicans are trying to pit private sector workers against public sector workers, but the workers shouldn't listen.