Most rules of good writing are merely rules of thumb, but that doesn’t mean they can be broken with impunity.
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The Art And Science Of Clear Writing
Caddyshack’s Lessons For South Korea
Meet South Korea’s anti-missile consultant: the gopher from “Caddyshack.”
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No More Robin Hood At Justice
The days of government lawyers playing Robin Hood to fund political favorites are over, at least for now.
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Orange Is The New Hostage
Netflix took the profit out of pirating a popular series. Thank you from all creators of original content, including this blog.
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Should Artists Go Solo With Their Money?
Kendrick Lamar keeps a tight rein on his personal finances. How far should other artists follow his example?
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The NewsHour Presents The End Of The World
Can hysterical debate produce rational decisions? The Paris climate deal provides a clue.
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A Different Sort Of USO Show
How do you encourage “troops” in the fight against terror? With music and love, as Ariana Grande and friends showed this week.
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Lessons From The Nashville Flood Of 2010
Singer David Allan Coe famously said that the perfect country song had to contain “Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin’ drunk.” Songwriter Steve Goodman obligingly added a verse containing all five to “You Never Even Called Me By My Name.” The song’s popularity demonstrates that country fans have a sense of humor about the disasters that fill the lyrics of some of the genre’s most famous songs.
But the misery of the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee, in 2010 was all too real.
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Can Passive Investing Succeed Too Well?
In August 2016, the investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. released the provocatively titled report: “The Silent Road to Serfdom: Why Passive Investing Is Worse Than Marxism.” The report’s prediction was that, unless regulators and politicians took precautions, index fund growth could distort the financial markets and lead to massive mispricing of securities. Indexing is becoming more and more popular, the theory went, and if everyone chooses indexing, the system will break down because no one will pay attention to stock prices anymore.
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Iowa Confronts Obamacare’s Reality
Facing collapse of Obamacare’s exchanges across much of the state, Iowa seeks permission to administer realistic reforms.
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