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The world, you probably know, is a very serious place. That's why they call that baseball contest The World Serious, I suppose. (Rim shot.) I don't know why we seem…

When I was in my early-teens, my father would sometimes take me, my two-and-a-half years older brother, and my four-years younger sister to St. Louis. We lived in a small…

So there I was, sitting at my desk ready to write about "think different," when I got pulled aside by LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-focused social-media site. At least I…

You may have noticed that two days before Easter Sunday every year there is a day called "Good Friday." If you happen to live in one of the 11 states…

My apologies to J. R. R. Tolkein for using his title, but it's a good one and, as you'll see, he didn't want it anyway. The theme, of course, has…

Almost 20 years ago a good friend was spending time as a guest of the state where he lived. The accommodations weren't great, he had to wear a kind of…

I've seen plenty of spy shows where somebody gets caught. Then somebody else tries to get information out of them. Sometimes they use psychological torture, sometimes they use physical torture.…