“I just joined the Club!” That’s the whole content of an email I received from a very old friend who is very special to …

Someone asked me the other day if I believe in conspiracies. Well, sure. Here’s one. It is called the political system. It is nothing …

What’s great about POM Wonderful? Sure, this pomegranate juice tastes great. POM is one of the few drinks that seems to have the same …

The great recession continues in so many ways but online commerce is booming as never before, increasing in the last quarter of 2011 at …

You might have noticed that lots of people are really down on the so-called 1%. It drives many people, especially politicians, absolutely bonkers that …

The United States is home to a gigantic socialist sector, larger and with a greater reach than any in the world, and it is …

Dreamers and accountants — they say that both types of people are necessary for a great business. One without the other is a dead …

Let’s say that Rajat Gupta, former director at Goldman Sachs on trial for insider trading, is toss in the slammer for passing on information …

Now that hysteria over my original Brazil column has died down, let me add some comments and reflections about it and what gave rise …

The organization Campaign for Safe Cosmetics doesn’t just want you to be able to have new choices about the makeup or other products you …

The great debate between capitalism and socialism suffers from a lack of clarity about definitions. This is why when Walter Block lectured in Brazil …

My most surprising findings in Brazil, aside from the amazing fruits that I didn’t know existed because the U.S. government doesn’t think I need …

Time was tight and people were rushing to catch flights. This particular terminal in Miami was usually fast, everyone knew, but for some reason, …

Government has a serious problem. It’s got nothing worthwhile to do. All the cool things in life come from the private sector, and this …

Libertarianism is, obviously, an idea whose time has come. Or maybe you don’t like that term. There are plenty of others. My preference is …

“I’ve got better things to do than broadcast a message to the world about my lunch.” An uncountable number of people have said this …

The buzz on the next big thing: products and services that claim to make you smarter. Forbes says it is the next trillion-dollar industry. …

The gas gauge broke. There was no smartphone app to tell me how much was left, so I ran out. I had to call …

The 1968 epic Planet of the Apes ends with Taylor the astronaut, played by Charlton Heston, coming upon the Statue of Liberty, except that …

How would you like to drive from New York to Los Angeles with just one stop for gas? It seems incredible and wonderful, but …

Easy prediction: Congress will not cut spending. The hysteria in Washington is for naught, as usual. There will be no “austerity,” at least not …

“Economics puts parameters on people’s utopias.” Yes. That’s exactly it. That’s why the politicians hate economics. That’s why the media are so… selective in …

Beginning last year, mainstream reporters began kvetching about a rather brilliant tax strategy used by Google, Apple and hundreds of other technology firms. It’s …

I was just down at the “feed and seed” buying two baby chicks to replace my female duck that was carried off by a …