You don’t have to wonder about the capital of Tonga anymore. It’s Nuku’alofa. When in doubt, Google [...]

Why does any news organization print or air the opinions of bankers, economists, banking consultants (whatever the hell they are!) and financial analysts these days? Shouldn’t they all be in a corner somewhere for an extended time out? Or at the very [...]

In all things in life and love, take your time. Your life is right now. Worry about tomorrow when it becomes today. When all is said and done, you’ll be glad you savored every last [...]

The vast reserves of petroleum in Saudi Arabia will last for centuries, even at the rate of heightened consumption caused by the demands of many emerging economies. That’s the good news for the 5,000 or so decadent kings and princes that make up the [...]

When a casual acquaintance asks “How are you?”, they really don’t expect an account of your horrible day or a detailed description of that botched surgery that left you with an infected wound oozing smelly green stuff. Whatever you do, [...]

Most of the people who are going to such passionate lengths to get marijuana legalized for “medical purposes” really don’t really give a rat’s ass about cancer victims or their level of pain and nausea. They want to get high, period, [...]

Walking among us are free thinkers, indistinguishable from ordinary humans, mixing in with society and dating our children. They have been here for a very long time. Don’t beware, they’re just fine, even if they do have some odd [...]

Can’t we all just get along? That’s a question a lot of people ask when they look at this world and observe all the misunderstanding, distrust and outright hostility that exists between people. And so we wring our hands and lament at how we all [...]

Being boring is not a crime, but it should [...]

Modern naval ships don’t have yardarms or gangplanks, more’s the pity. How can one be expected to make an example of captured pirates if you can’t hang them from the highest yardarm or make them walk the plank into shark-infested waters? The [...]