Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a read more

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point rise for Fed fund rates at 4.75 percent.

As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. read more

As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. - From a College Window.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

As has been well publicized, the golf industry has experienced dramatic shifts for the past 10 to 15 years. With read more

As has been well publicized, the golf industry has experienced dramatic shifts for the past 10 to 15 years. With the golf course construction boom of the 1990s, overdevelopment has become a real issue. While the golf economy is on the mend, there still are numerous challenges ahead. Under Tim's capable leadership, our new division is well equipped to work with owners and developers trying to navigate their way through these often confusing waters.

We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia.

We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia.

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

They tried to make other people beat them, which we did.

They tried to make other people beat them, which we did.

[Defense and government networks are hardening their security, but for regular users, the best strategy against high-tech crime can be read more

[Defense and government networks are hardening their security, but for regular users, the best strategy against high-tech crime can be simple.] Our best defenses against these kind of attacks are often of a low tech variety -- that is, keep paper records of your transactions, ... Even though much of what we have exists only as a series of ones and zeroes somewhere in the information sphere, we do get paper copies and we should hang on to those. The movie 'The Net,' I think, makes a very intriguing point, about this very computer literate protagonist who has few human connections, and this is precisely the reason she's vulnerable to the kind of attack she suffers. It seems to me that if we keep that in mind we'll be well served.