When I first started working in Washington, it was suggested that all new Executive Branch staff receive training about how the Legislative Branch of our government works. …

When I was in graduate school, I worked in the gifts department of the university library. My job was to process, sort, and acknowledge all books donated to campus. …

A close friend in college emigrated to the US from Russia shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. …

During graduate school, I became obsessed with finding the perfect ethical formula; the equivalent of E=mc² for the field of ethics. Suffice it to say, human beings are complex and the further I progressed the more I realized any such effort was fruitless. Even the Golden Rule — do unto…

Never did I expect to know so much about Russian military troop positions, the varying effectiveness of surface-to-air weaponry, and how to best boobytrap my house in the event of urban conflict. The overwhelming volume of helpful information that has ricocheted through verified Twitter accounts since the start of Putin’s…

In August 2014, I bought a car. At the time, I was earning a generous salary, commuting relatively short distances, and had no children to drop off at soccer practice. …

It was comedian Jerry Seinfeld who observed that public speaking is the number one fear in most minds, beating out death. “It’s therefore safe to assume that most would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy,” he joked. Public speaking was a significant fear prior to the pandemic…

A record 4.5 million Americans quit their job last November. The reasons given are varied, and even despite all the data gathered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, economists still don’t fully agree on the Great Resignation’s motivating forces. …

Peter Jackson’s new documentary Get Back, which is now available to stream on Disney+, chronicles the Beatles through never-before-seen footage during the band’s waning days as they struggle to write, produce, and perform a new album across just a few short weeks. …