Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.

I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'

To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.

There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.