In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own..

European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experie….

On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another..

Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place..

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable..

Abundant choice doesn't force us to look for the absolute best of everything. It allows us to find the extremes in those things we really care about,….

How we feel about the evolving future tells us who we are as individuals and as a civilization: Do we search for stasis-a regulated, engineered world….

Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs must take aesthet….

Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is b….

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out..

Medicare is immune from the competitive pressures that force private insurers to pay attention to what patients and doctors want..

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture..

The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying gradually b….

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure ….

Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous..

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out..

Progress through trial and error depends not only on making trials, but on recognizing errors..