The world as we know it could end in 20 minutes. It almost did on November 9, 1979. In the middle of the night, Zbigniew Brzenzinski, the national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, got a call from the US…
This essay relies heavily on the information contained in an article from The Atlantic, written by Stephen Cave, and found in the June 2016 issue. David walked out of Professor Smilansky’s lecture hall, and felt like he had just won…
I could hear the screams from the other side of the door. A good friend of mine had just undergone back surgery a few days earlier, and I was trying to do the right thing by visiting him, but the…
Trade between countries is a good thing. It enables people in Canada to have freshly squeezed orange juice at their breakfast table, and people in Brazil to have maple syrup at theirs. It has created tens of thousands of jobs…
The following historical fiction is based on a story reported by Reuters on May 6, 2009. It all started in late 2002. The money from their most recent refi had just about disappeared, undoubtedly lost somewhere between the outrageous dues…
A little while back, the people in Karlsruhe, a small city in southwestern Germany, witnessed a scene that left them shocked and horrified. Right in front of their eyes, police pulled a man out of a wheelchair, threw him on…
Real Men Wear Aprons. That’s right, real men wear aprons because real men grill lots of meat, and no one want to get grease stains all over their clean shirt, which is what real men wear! This explains why for…
Go to any anti-government rally and you are sure to see a sprinkling of people wearing silver foil covered hats. Ask them about this interesting fashion choice and they will explain to you that they use it to keep the…
The economy has been in the doldrums for a while, and many people are suffering. Sure, the economist keep claiming our unemployment numbers are dropping, and now hover around 5%, but ask around, and you’ll hear a much different story.…