The amazing thing about Trump is that he is so completely predictable. Hillary Clinton knows that if she teases him about either his wealth, his taxe….

It seems to be the case that for the people who actually are all in with Donald Trump - which is who knows: 35, 38, 40 per cent of the electorate - a….

Everyone in the Chinese economic world knows that the country is not going to move out of cheap-workhouse status, toward the realm of 'real' rich-cou….

The Hawk and the Dove is a wonderful idea for a book, wonderfully carried out. Nicholas Thompson has used illuminating new material to present each o….

The President? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be? Could it be, perhaps, the sitting two-term incumbent of the same party holding its convention? The p….

I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood ….

I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform..

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though that elect….

A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, ….

Every previous era looks innocent..

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world..

There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems..

No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similar….

Over the eons I've been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to 'simplify' and 'bring order to' my life. Very early on this led me ….

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them..

Everyone moans about the collapsing U.S. infrastructure..

A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something….

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job..

Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries..

The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehi….

We're now in one of those periods when the reality of intense pressure on the middle class diverges from long-held assumptions of how the American ba….