Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.