By • Apr 01,2009

The Pedestrian Meace strikes again

NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth is going to be charged with manslaughter for killing a man after hitting him with his Bentley. You will hear all of these things in...

By • Apr 01,2009

NATO at 60: One for All?

As NATO meets for its 60th anniversary in Strasbourg-Kehl this weekend, it has a lot on its plate: war-fighting, peacekeeping, piracy, and more. But the problem for today’s NATO lies...

By • Mar 30,2009

A query

When the man who invented BASE jumping on skis dies while BASE jumping on skis,* isn’t it wrong to describe his death as an “accident”? Wouldn’t some variation of “logical...

By • Mar 30,2009

The politics of intelligence

It’s the old nature vs. nurture debate. Is intelligence genetic, or does your upbringing matter? Yesterday, the Times reviewed a new book that makes the case for nurture. This comment...

By • Mar 30,2009

I know a bestselling author

Craig Mullaney, my classmate from grad school, is at #10 on the NY Times bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction (for the second week in a row). His book, The Unforgiving...