If you have siblings you know what it is, those fierce fights for supremacy in all shared interests.  Brotherhood is like a primordial food chain--you want to be on top.  Basketball, soccer, wrestling, best-paying summer jobs, prettiest girl friend--you name it, if there's a shared interest there's usually a competition.  ...

My wife has a female coworker that is quite possibly one of the worst drivers of all time; she drives everywhere at high rates of speed and has been in close to 10 accidents--and she's never suffered a debilitating injury! She must also have incredible luck. This may be due ...

This sort of thing is getting boring; is it even possible to take fundamentalist Muslim Leaders seriously?  Esteemed author, Salman Rushdie, was just awarded a well-deserved knighthood.  Now, unfortunately, Sir Rushdie will be watching his back again with a renewed vigor.  Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, religious affairs minister of Pakistan, told the ...

I haven’t blogged forever; maybe there’s something about the summer that puts a cap on blogging—I for one would rather spend my free time outside, perhaps you would as well. I’ve been spending even more time than normal out of doors lately—and I count that as a very good thing. I’ve ...

I just read an excellent interview of James Shikwati, an African Economics expert.  He argues convincingly that Western Aid is destroying Africa, and if the West would completely stop sending food and money and worrying so much about an 'overstated' AIDS problem Africa would gradually be able to stand on its own ...