At West Point, we called January the Gloom Period because everything in sight was just another shade of gray — mountains, buildings even cadet uniforms...

Energy consumption in the United States has tripled over the past fifty-five years...

Often, what emerges from Congress is a parody not only of good government, but of common sense...

Edward Castronova, of Indiana University and author of Exodus to the Virtual World, talks about his provocative thesis that a growing number of people around the world will be spending more and more time playing multiplayer games in virtual reality both as a form of escape and as a search for meaning...