Author: Curmudgette

For that matter what are the job prospects for any of us? A soft economic recovery and an increasingly level (or “flat,” to borrow Thomas Friedman’s  strange phrasing) global marketplace are rapidly...

I’m worried about our food supply. No, I’m not terribly concerned that terrorists will contaminate our grain silos with bio-toxins. As with so many things, Americans have become our own worst enemies, when it comes...

Interviewer: Mr. Helpmann, what would you say to those critics who maintain that the Ministry Of Information has become too large and unwieldy …? Helplmann: David … in a free society information is the name of the...

Wushu is Mandarin for “arts of war.” Today in China there exists a standardized school of Wushu based on many of its historical martial arts disciplines. You can occasionally catch exhibitions on ESPN. It looks very...