words of advice for young people

As a parent of a now 4 1/2 year old, I occasionally write about matters of interest to parents. This week we discuss the very important ma...

Clay Shirky spoke recently about something I have pondered - the tragic waste of mental energy that's sunk into TV watching. Rather th...

There are a couple of things you can depend on with a Mike Myers movie: you'll get characters with funny accents, you won't be made ...

'I'd rather die a pauper in the shadow of the libraries of Chicago than roll in wealth in Oklahoma.' That's what my great ...