No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs.

In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.

When a company is charging money for a product - as Evernote does for all above its most basic service, and same for Dropbox and SugarSync - you understand its incentive for sticking with that product.

The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far we've come from the cuddly old 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Google days, in which there was a foreseeably-astonishing delight in the way Google's evolving design tricks anticipated what users would like.