Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economic policy for the 21st century. It really makes some economist-types angry when I say that most economic ...

We live in the age of unrelenting, ever-accelerating scientific advancement. Humanity’s developments in the realm of the hard sciences are now reaching levels where the humans who envisioned and set ...

The utility companies that survived the energy crisis offered simple brand experience, says Matt Gibbs at Siegel+Gale. Add purpose to the mix for best in class. Simplicity isn't something that comes ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Good One” distributed by International Pigeon. In ...

I wrote a post last Friday about the practice of 'stack ranking,' and how it hurts innovation and teams and can demoralize your best talent. I invited everyone's insights about why mechanisms like ...

From a brief I just read: Plaintiffs have stated claims for the violation of the Second Amendment—the right to bear arms. Such right is explicitly spelled out in the Constitution, and has been even ...

You have to feel a little sorry for the Arkansas Republican Party. After a lifetime of haplessness nearly unrivaled among state political parties in the United States, it is now in the midst of its ...

Discrimination is often regarded as something wholly bad, but that connotation is both unwarranted and simplistic. I have made this point before. To discriminate is to make fine distinctions. Those ...

From a brief I just read: Plaintiffs have stated claims for the violation of the Second Amendment-the right to bear arms. Such right is explicitly spelled out in the Constitution, and has been even ...

Lysiane Gagnon reads George W. Bush-style "Manichaeism" into Cormac McCarthy's The Road (The Road to Simplistic Moralizing - Jan. 4), alleging that it features only "two kinds of people: 'good guys' ...