Lifestyle

The News of God’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated Evan Sparks 04/13/2009

Two Economist magazine writers weigh in on the global revival of faith.

Who Should Decide the Size of Your TV? Max Schulz 04/10/2009

As part of its effort to combat global warming, California is considering a proposal to regulate big-screen TVs off the market.

Hard-Driving CEOs Travis Braun 11/20/2007

Top executives aren’t just funding auto-racing teams. They’re behind the wheel of the fast cars. TRAVIS BRAUN goes to the track to get the story.

The Glorious Toothpick Henry Petroski 11/19/2007

The humble mass-produced toothpick is a paradigm for American manufacturing: inspiration, invention, marketing, trade, success, and failure. HENRY PETROSKI explains.

Rah! Rah! Block That Rook! Luke Mullins 11/09/2007

Small, no-name colleges have become powerhouses in intercollegiate chess, trying to attract top-quality applicants and alumni money, writes LUKE MULLINS.

I Love My Work Arthur C. Brooks 09/17/2007

Work is not a necessary evil. It is, instead, an intrinsic source of pleasure and value. ARTHUR C. BROOKS explains.

A New Stream of Thought on Recycling Waldemar Ingdahl 09/10/2007

Let machines, not people, sort the trash.

Learning from Andy Warhol Christine B. Whelan 09/07/2007

A new book argues that culture, done right, can be a cash cow for cities.

Stanford’s Super-Sized Rhetoric Barry A. Liebling 08/31/2007

A new study on the marketing power of McDonald’s is not the alarming find its authors make it out to be.

Taxing Obesity: A Modest Proposal Adam Creighton 08/08/2007

Targeting foods is a needlessly indirect way of encouraging weight loss.