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America has always been a land of opportunity, and there are many paths to fame and fortune. If you're physically gifted, consider professional sports. If you're blessed with good looks, Hollywood beckons. If you're born with the gift of gab, consider used cars (or politics)....

The Time: July 25, 1965. The Place: The Newport Folk Festival. Master of Ceremonies Peter Yarrow steps out to introduce the singer-songwriter sensation Bob Dylan. Festival organizers are perplexed as they watch his crew setting up heavy equipment. Then Dylan takes the stage to launch...

In 1886, a chemist named John Pemberton concocted a sweet, carbonated "brain and nerve tonic" made with coca leaves and cola nuts. Six years later, he sold his recipe for $2,300 to the druggist Asa Candler, who spun it into multinational gold. While the current...

Here in our United States, our government is sliced and diced between Uncle Sam, 50 states, 3,141 counties, and 89,000-odd cities, towns, and villages. You would think that 244 years of independence, along with a dollop of Yankee ingenuity, would produce a crisp, streamlined system...

Once upon a time, the number 13 bragged "I'm the unluckiest number of all!" Then 666 came along and said, "oh no, I'm worse." Then 2020 arrived and said "hold my beer." Between the coronavirus, the murder hornets, the hurricanes, the wildfires, and the ugliest presidential election...

"If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract — teach him to deduct." Fran Lebowitz   Here in the United States, we spend about $1.3 trillion on education, including early childhood programs, K-12th grade, the whole college-industrial complex, and...