Research is a scientific activity dedicated to discovering what makes grass green.

When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

The sinister nature of the American soil is apparent in places like Gettysburg. Fertilize it with the blood of heros, and it brings forth a frozen-custard stand.

Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.