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You often hear the phrase “that cheap Chinese junk” meaning that products made in China can’t possibly be of anywhere near the quality of products manufactured in the

As I mentioned elsewhere, I write reviews as part of the Vine program and so I pay close attention to how customer reviews are received.  So you can

A chance conversation about the Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff (who is well known for his work on financial crises and less well-known for his work on what we

Many of us need or want to freelance.  Most of us who do freelance also have full-time jobs and full-time families.  So while freelance work tends to be

When you think of Eastern European literature, you are probably not thinking about fantasy.  Sure, you may have been forced to read Master and Margarita in High School

It is sometimes said that Starbucks taught Americans about coffee.  And thinking that gives me hope that Apple might yet re-educate the world’s young and cool about the

Neil Gaiman once said that Terry Pratchett is angry.  And, if you think about his books—books that rail against injustice, oppression, superstition, and stupidity (to name but a

For many of us, the day just doesn’t begin without a good cup of coffee.  But how did coffee itself begin?  We probably will never know the “right”

  Sleep.  We get so little of it.  Three quarters of Americans don’t even get eight hours per night.  In spite of (or because of) that we seem obsessed with

Why do we love fantasy?  Especially fantasy set in a Middle-Ages like world?  I doubt it’s because we want to live in the Middle Ages.  I am not