I’ll reserve judgment on whether the year of our Lord two-thousand twenty-six will, in fact, ever end. But the Earth moves under our feet even when nothing appears movable.

In the 1979 cult classic The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, a down-on-their-luck basketball team called the Pittsburgh Pythons is desperate for a change of fortune. They lose constantly, despite being led by the legendary Julius “Dr. J” Erving, and in a strange twist they turn to an astrologer (Stockard Channing) for help…

Paul Simon was asked to say a few words during a concert back in 1973. His response? “Let’s […]

Why do we play the shell game of the so-called “knowledge economy”? The reasons are many, and few […]