As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.

Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak? If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to avoid actually speaking to or even looking at whoever they're with.

The Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.

On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just because it hasn't hit 1933 levels; ominous political trends shouldn’t be dismissed just because there’s no Hitler in sight.

I'm not sure that the current value of the NASDAQ is justified, but I'm not sure that it isn't.

I've always believed in expansionary monetary policy and if necessary fiscal policy when the economy is depressed.

We have a lot of evidence on what happens when you raise the minimum wage. And the evidence is overwhelmingly positive: Hiking the minimum wage has little or no adverse effect on employment while significantly increasing workers' earnings.